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DECARBONISATION INITIATIVE
Hapag-Lloyd and Ikea collaborate to advance cleaner

shipping

German shipping giant, Hapag- Area Transport Manager, Ikea Supply
Lloyd, is partnering with Swedish furni- Chain Operations. “However, biofuel is
ture retailer, Ikea’s supply chain opera- not the ultimate solution and we need
tions to decarbonise the Hapag-Lloyd to continue to collaborate to make the
container shipments originating from necessary shift toward zero emission
Asia, marking an important step towards fuels and technologies,” he added.
a more sustainable maritime industry.
Hapag-Lloyd had launched the
For the period March 2024 to February ‘Ship Green’ product to offer its cus-
2025, both companies have agreed to use tomers emission-reduced ocean trans-
Hapag-Lloyd’s highest product option tive GHG emissions from their product ports. Based on biofuel, Hapag-Lloyd’s
for biofuels “Ship Green 100”, which transportation by 70% by 2030 and to customers can choose between 100%,
relies on waste-and residue-based bio- only use zero emission heavy duty vehi- 50% or 25% CO e emission avoidance.
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fuel instead of conventional marine fuel cles and ocean vessels by 2040. “Ship Green is an important aspect of
oil. The expected result for Ikea during our decarbonisation journey and brings
this period is a CO emission reduction “It’s through efforts like this one us one step closer to our goal of net-
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of around 100,000 tonnes. that we can reduce immediate emissions zero fleet operations by 2045,” said
from ocean shipping in the short-term,” Mr. Danny Smolders, Managing Director
Ikea has committed to reduce the rela- said Mr. Dariusz Mroczek, Category Global Sales at Hapag-Lloyd.

COMBINED EXPERTISE
Johnson Matthey and thyssenkrupp Uhde to offer

integrated blue ammonia technology solution

UK-based Johnson Matthey (JM), that’s ready to capture, store, and ship tion with its gas heated reformer, has
and thyssenkrupp Uhde, a German vast quantities of hydrogen for use in been selected for several of the world’s
provider for engineering, construction, the power and shipping sector, and first large scale blue hydrogen projects
and service of chemical plants, have industrial value chains globally. including BP’s H2Teesside, a 700-mega-
signed a Memorandum of Understand- watt low carbon hydrogen production
ing (MoU) to jointly offer an integrated The two companies aim to access plant, and the H2H Saltend project with
low carbon (blue) ammonia solution, the blue ammonia market by combining Equinor and Linde for a 600-megawatt
building on a nearly 25-year ammonia the uhde ammonia process and JM’s low carbon hydrogen production plant.
relationship between the companies. hydrogen expertise through its LCH
technology, to produce blue ammonia Global demand for ammonia is esti-
In the drive to reduce CO emis- with up to 99% CO capture. mated to increase to more than 600-mil-
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sions, the role of ammonia has expan- lion metric tonnes by 2050 due to the
ded from a vital ingredient used to pro- thyssenkrupp Uhde has licensed, new demands from shipping and power
duce fertiliser for the agricultural sector, engineered, or constructed over 130 generation markets. Low carbon
to a decarbonised carrier and supplier ammonia plants worldwide since 1928 ammonia is predicted to meet two-thirds
of hydrogen energy that’s easier to store and is market leader in plants greater of the demand by 2050 with many
and transport than pure hydrogen. The than 3,000 metric tonnes per day with countries around the world setting
movement of low carbon ammonia can its uhde dual pressure technology. JM’s decarbonisation targets. This could mean
utilise existing infrastructure making LCH technology, which utilises its auto- an estimated market size for low carbon
it a leading energy transition solution thermal reformer alone, or in conjunc- ammonia of over $200-bn by 2050.

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