I-Eastern Pacific Shipping kanye neValue Maritime bahlanganyele ukufaka isisombululo sokuqala sokuthwebula i-carbon emathangini amabili. Inkampani yemikhumbi ithuthukisa amathangi amabili anezinhlelo zokubamba i-carbon, okuwenza abe yimikhumbi emikhulukazi ehamba olwandle enobuchwepheshe bokuthwebula i-carbon kuze kube manje.
I-Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) isayine isivumelwano esiqinisekile ne-Rotterdam-based Value Maritime (VM) sokufaka i-carbon capture kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlunga ku-MR M/T Pacific Cobalt kanye ne-M/T Pacific Gold tanker, nethuba lokuhlomisa amanye amathathu. izitsha. Ukufakwa kohlelo lokuqala kuhlelelwe ukuthi kuqedwe ngo-2022, kanti umsebenzi wobunjiniyela nokuhlela uyaqhubeka.
Yakhelwe ngo-2020, imikhumbi engusisi engu-49,700 dwt izohlonyiswa ngohlelo lwe-Value Maritime's Filtree, uhlelo lokukhuhla igesi olwakhiwe ngaphambili oluhluza isibabule kanye nezinhlayiya ezingama-99%. Uhlelo luzofaka imojula yokubamba ikhabhoni eshaja ibhethri le-carbon dioxide ebhodini. Ibhethri izobe isikhishwa esikhumulweni semikhumbi futhi ngokulandelayo isetshenziswe abathengi be-CO2 njengezindlu ezibamba ukushisa noma iphonswe kumanethiwekhi okudliwa kwekhabhoni. Ibhethri elilahliwe libuyiselwa emkhunjini ukuze lishajwe kabusha nge-carbon dioxide. Le plug nendlela yokudlala ivumela imikhumbi ukuthi ithwebule kufikela ku-40% wokukhishwa kwe-CO2 namuhla futhi ingadlula u-90% esikhathini esizayo.
Isikhulu se-Eastern Pacific Shipping uCyril Ducos uthe: “Ukubambisana neValue Maritime kuyisinyathelo esikhulu esiya phambili ku-EPS kanye nokushintsha kwamandla embonini. Ubuchwepheshe bokuthwebula ikhabhoni bebungekho kuphothifoliyo yethu ekhona yezixazululo zokunciphisa umzimba, namuhla ehlanganisa ngokuyinhloko ezinye izinto zokubasa zasolwandle. Sikholelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bokuthwebula ikhabhoni bunesithembiso esihle sokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni emikhunjini ekhona nezayo eya olwandle. Kuhlanganiswe nezinye izinto zokubasa, ama-biofuels nezinye izixazululo, ukuthatha ikhabhoni kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekusheshiseni imizamo yemboni yezokuthutha yokususa ikhabhoni ekufinyeleleni izinjongo ze-IMO. Ngemva kocwaningo olunzulu, siphethe ngokuthi i-Value Maritime inguzakwethu olungile wokusebenzisa lesi sixazululo futhi agcwalise imizamo yethu yokuqeda ikhabhoni. Ukuzibophezela kwabo ekusunguleni izinto ezintsha, ingqalasizinda ekhona kanye nokuzibophezela ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwegesi namuhla yilokho esikufunayo kozakwethu. Ngokuhlomisa amathangi ethu ngezinhlelo ze-VM, sithemba ukufakazela embonini ukuthi ukuthwebula i-carbon kuyindlela esebenzayo futhi eyingozi etholakalayo manje. "
Ngaphezu kokukwazi ukuthwebula ikhabhoni, i-Filtree system iphinde isuse uwoyela osalayo kanye nezinto eziqinile emanzini okugeza, inciphise i-PH yayo futhi isize ekunciphiseni ukugcwala kwamanzi olwandle.
Ukufakwa ebhodini kwe-M/T Pacific Cobalt kufanele kuqedwe ekupheleni kuka-2022 futhi ukufakwa ebhodini kwe-M/T Pacific Gold kufanele kuqedwe ekupheleni kwekota yokuqala ka-2023.
Ngaphezu kokwenziwa kwesimanjemanje, i-EPS ne-VM ihlola ukusebenzisana kwesikhathi esizayo njengokufaka uhlelo lwe-Filtree emikhunjini emisha ye-EPS, okuhlanganisa nesizukulwane esisha semikhumbi yamabhokisi.
“Ukuletha ubuchwepheshe bethu bokuhlunga kanye ne-carbon capture emakethe yamathangi bekuyinhloso yethu kwasekuqaleni. Ukwenza lo mbono ufezeke nozakwethu abanombono abafana ne-Eastern Pacific Shipping kuyiphupho lethu lifezekile. Sisonke senza ukuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi okusimeme futhi sinciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi kulesi sigaba akuselona iphupho elimnandi. Lokhu kuyenzeka namuhla futhi singaziqhenya ngokukubona kwenzeka nge-EPS,” kusho uMaarten Lodeviks, ongumsunguli kanye nomqondisi weValue Maritime.