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The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) was established as a non-profit organisation on 1 August 2021 with a mission to support the decarbonisation of the maritime industry by shaping standards, deploying solutions, financing projects, and fostering collaboration across sectors. Founded by six industry partners namely BHP, BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Foundation Det Norske Veritas, Ocean Network Express and Seatrium (formerly Sembcorp Marine), GCMD also receives funding from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) for qualifying research and development programmes and projects. Since its founding, bp, Hapag-Lloyd and NYK Line have joined as Strategic partners. To-date, over 100 centre- and project-level partners have joined GCMD – contributing funds, expertise and in-kind support to accelerate the deployment of scalable low-carbon technologies and lowering adoption barriers. Since its establishment, GCMD has launched four key initiatives to close technical and operational gaps in: deploying ammonia as a marine fuel, developing an assurance framework for drop-in green fuels, unlocking the carbon value chain through shipboard carbon capture and articulating the value chain of captured carbon dioxide as well as closing the data-financing gap to widen the adoption of energy efficiency technologies. GCMD is strategically located in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub and busiest transshipment port.

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11-50 employees

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Singapore

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2021

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Decarbonisation, Maritime, and Renewable energy

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• 🎥 Check out our final #BTS video on our ammonia transfers in Pilbara! 🎢 Watch the moment when the ammonia transfers officially commenced! 🥳 Feel their relief as they successfully completed the operations. And discover what they wanted to do next after 5 days of intense operations. Hint: 🛌 🎉 Plus, see how Team #GCMD in Singapore celebrated their homecoming! Read about our press release here: https://lnkd.in/gkG-kZcE
  
• 🎥 What was originally intended as video updates about the ammonia transfers to the #GCMD team in Singapore, we transformed into #BTS videos. These videos share glimpses of the 4-day operations from the perspectives of the ammonia ops team. 🎢 There were plenty of ups and downs, only a fraction of which these videos captured. 🙏 The team is grateful for the unwavering support of our partners – including those who provided resources as well as those on the ground – who helped overcome operational challenges and uncertainties to successfully complete the project. Follow our page for the next and final #BTS video, and for more updates! Read about our press release here: https://lnkd.in/gkG-kZcE
  
• Great news! 🎉 We are delighted to learn that the International Maritime Organization has finalised interim guidelines for the use of ammonia as a marine fuel last week. ⚓️ With the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) set to approve this interim list in December, we anticipate these guidelines taking effect as early as next year! As the article notes, our recent successful ammonia transfer operations could not have come at a more opportune time. 🚢 This is because the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG) is due to commence its 17th session this week. Together with the MEPC82 meeting, set to start on September 30, they will finalise a set of proposed binding mid-term measures for GHG reduction. We eagerly look forward to the outcomes of these meetings. Team GCMD is proud to contribute to enabling ammonia as a marine fuel. We look forward to sharing our experience and knowledge gained from these two transfers to contribute real-world experience in handling this fuel. 💡 Read more about this exciting development here: https://lnkd.in/gUXz87Jd
  IMO Finalizes Interim Safety Guidelines for Ammonia Fuel Ahead of MEPC 82 maritime-executive.com
• ❓ Curious about the detailed operations of our ammonia transfers between the Green Pioneer and the Navigator Global? 🚢 Over four days of operations at the anchorage of Port Dampier, GCMD, together with our partners, successfully and safely completed ship-to-ship transfers of 4,000 cubic meters (approx. 2,700 tons) of ammonia between MOL’s Green Pioneer and Navigator Gas’ Navigator Global, at a flow rate of 700 - 800 cubic meters per hour. ⏱️ Each transfer process took approximately 6 hours. ✅ These procedures were reviewed and approved by authorities, including the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Department of Transport (DoT), and Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), ensuring a coordinated approach to incident response. Check out the infographics for a visual breakdown of the entire operation! The press release is available here: https://lnkd.in/gkG-kZcEA huge thank you to our partners for their support in making this pioneering operation in Pilbara a success! 🙌
  
• What went on behind the scenes (and in the minds) of our colleagues when they ✈️ travelled to Pilbara for our ship-to-ship ammonia transfers? 🤔 How did they feel every step of the way? 🎢 What were the snags that they encounter? 🥒 Who was cool as a cucumber even in the face of challenges? Follow our page as we share #BTS videos on our team’s journey to help execute the ammonia transfers pilot at the anchorage of Port Dampier! 🎥
  
• 🚨 MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT! 🚨 GCMD is pleased to announce the successful completion of its ammonia transfer pilot on September 14th to enable bunkering within the Pilbara region! Two ammonia transfers took place between the Green Pioneer, a 35,000 cubic metres (cbm) ammonia carrier, and the Navigator Global, a 22,500 cbm ammonia carrier, at the outer anchorage of Port Dampier under conditions that mimic bunkering operations. 🚢🚢 This pilot marks a crucial step towards readying the ecosystem for using ammonia as a marine fuel, paving the way for eventual bunkering when ammonia-fuelled vessels become available. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁: 💡 • Transfers reinforce Pilbara’s potential to be a green ammonia bunkering hub. • Ammonia transfers were conducted under strict safety protocols, with requisite approvals, and overseen by Pilbara Ports and Australian Government agencies. • The Pilbara is a highly prospective region for green shipping. • Port Dampier has extensive experience with ammonia export given Yara’s nearby operations that account for 5% of the world’s tradable ammonia and its record of shipping 11.8 million tonnes incident-free to date. • The transfers demonstrate the potential of breakbulk and bunkering operations in Port Dampier and nearby ports • HAZID and HAZOP studies indicate no high-risk items across the identified risk nodes and transfers nodes after recommended mitigation measures were put in place • CFD, Metocean analysis, and ERP were developed to enhance operational safety measures 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: 🤝 A tripartite collaboration between GCMD, Pilbara Ports and Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) was formed to realise Pilbara’s potential as a low-emission ammonia bunkering hub. Together, the tripartite worked with multiple partners to conduct risks and safety studies and develop emergency response procedures for the transfers. GCMD is thankful to our consortium partners for their unwavering support in materialising these transfers: bp, BHP, DNV, Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd., Gard AS, James Fisher Fendercare, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., Navigator Gas, Oil Spill Response Ltd and their partners, BlueTack. and Stream Marine Training, Rio Tinto, and TCOMS - Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore. 🙏 Photo #4 features representatives from the tripartite collaboration: Laurent Trost, Chief Operations Officer, Yara Pilbara, (left) Prof Lynn Loo, CEO of GCMD, and Mike Minogue, Harbour Master, Marine West, Pilbara Ports (right) For the full details, please read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/gkG-kZcEFollow us as we share more details of the ship-to-ship transfers of ammonia in our upcoming posts! 📢
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• In the recent Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) seminar organised by its Marine Fuels Committee, our Chief Strategy Officer, Dr Sanjay C Kuttan, presented GCMD's case study on our biofuels trials. 🌱 Dr Sanjay emphasised the importance of sourcing biofuels regionally and using larger tankers for fuel transport to minimise GHG emissions. While this might seem obvious, Dr Sanjay substantiated this point by discussing what constitutes transport emissions. Transport emissions measures the carbon footprint of the biofuels transportation. This includes emissions generated during the movement of biofuels through the various stages in the supply chain from feedstock transportation to fuel transportation and fuel distribution. Factors like biofuels cargo load and the transport vessel’s fuel efficiency can influence transport emissions. The Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), an EU regulatory body that sets out sustainability goals and GHG emissions criteria for EU member countries, has provided a default GHG emissions value of 71 kgCO2e/MT for transporting maritime biofuels. Dr Sanjay highlighted that applying this same value might be efficient from a reporting standpoint but doesn't consider the distances covered or tanker sizes, which can influence fuel consumption and therefore absolute emissions. 💨 As such, using the default value risks: 🔴 Overestimating GHG emissions for short-distance transport 🔴 Underestimating GHG emissions for longer-distance transport or transport using smaller tankers The table below demonstrates how transport emissions can vary significantly by distance and tanker size, further emphasising the importance of regional sourcing and transporting in larger volumes. As GCMD recently concluded our biofuels supply chain trials, we will soon release a series of reports containing insights such as these. Stay tuned for more information! Many thanks to SSA for the invitation!
  
• In the final panel of the plenary opening of the ONS 2024 Conference, Professor Lynn Loo moderated a discussion centred around the speed of the global energy transition. Featuring Anders Opedal, CEO of Equinor, Ann Mettler, Vice President Europe of Breakthrough Energy , and Varun Sivaram, Author and Clean Energy Expert, these were some of the key themes emerging from the exchange: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🚀 Sivaram highlighted that a tipping point is reached once a technology achieves a specific quantity and price of adoption. Once these thresholds are met, technology adoption will shift from an uphill struggle to one with downhill momentum, driven by a virtuous cycle of network effects, adoption synergies, and learning-by-doing improvements. Opedal echoed this point and cited the example of the Doggerbank offshore wind park. He highlighted that it took 9 years to reach FID and another 4 years to produce power. If bottlenecks like these can be systematically identified and addressed, the process to help these technologies reach their tipping points can be sped up. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲r. 🕒 Mettler cited the European Green Deal, with its 11,000 pages of regulations, as an example of complexity. She contrasted this with the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which uses incentives to encourage the right kind of behaviour. Mettler suggested that Europe adopt a "European Complexity Reduction Act" to reduce complexities that hinder technological progress. Sivaram echoed his support and called the IRA "the most consequential piece of climate legislation" in his country's history, believing that its greatest impacts will come from some of the smallest spending. Mettler also illustrated China's efficiency in policy planning, noting their impressive ability to crystallise their 5-year plans on paper and execute them with precision. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🤖 Sivaram urged everyone to avoid viewing 24/7 data centers as scary loads that will overload the grids. Instead, he encouraged us to envision a future where each data center becomes a grid asset, thanks to AI. Opedal is also confident that AI will become more energy-efficient and make significant contributions to industries where it is used to enhance decision-making. He imagined AI as a colleague with 50 years of experience, knowing everything about maintenance for oil and gas platforms. Using AI to identify potential machinery breakdowns, decision-making can be improved, thereby saving costs. Congratulations once again to the ONS team for a successful event and for providing such an incredible platform for these conversations on the energy transition
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• Professor Lynn Loo moderated ONS 2024's opening plenary panel featuring Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Amani Abou-Zeid أماني أبوزيد , Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at African Union, and Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of TotalEnergies. Numerous figures were discussed and contextualised during this panel, making the discussion on the scale of the energy transition enlightening. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟯 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 1️⃣ This year, 85% of all power plants installed worldwide are renewables, 5% nuclear, and only 10% fossil fuels. 2️⃣ 3 years ago, one out of 25 cars sold worldwide was electric. Today, more than 1 out of 5 cars sold is electric. 3️⃣ 10 years ago, the total investment in clean energy was US$1 trillion. This year, it has doubled to US$2 trillion. 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 🔴 Of the growing $2 trillion US dollar investment in clean energy, only 15% goes to emerging and developing countries, which house two-thirds of the global population. 🔴 Strong trade barriers are hindering the cost competitiveness of clean energy compared to other options. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂-𝗭𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮: ▶ Africa is a continent of 55 countries with 1.3 billion people and is the fastest-digitalising continent. ▶ The share of renewables in Africa's energy mix is 40.5%, the highest in the world. ▶ Africa has a master plan for energy, aiming to establish a single African electricity market by 2040 with the goal to secure energy for the continent and exporting to the world. ▶ Africa's geographical location can position it to be the energy hub of the world. 𝗣𝗼𝘂𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘀. ▶ Total’s energy production portfolio currently comprises 2/3 hydrocarbons and 1/3. He clarified that of the hydrocarbons, 1/3 is primarily used for maintaining existing systems. ▶ He emphasised the need to continue serving customers, especially in emerging countries, as the global population grows. ▶ Pouyanné highlighted the importance of pragmatism in including natural gas as part of the energy transition due to the intermittency of renewables and the increasing demand for electricity. Gas also offers an advantage when working towards eliminating coal.#ONS2024 #energytransition
  
• At the opening ceremony of the ONS 2024 conference, our CEO, Professor Lynn Loo, moderated three high-level panels. 🎤🌟 The theme, 'Imagine,' encouraged attendees to reflect on the energy industry's significant advancements over the past 50 years and envision its future. Her first panel featured Jonas Gahr Støre, the Prime Minister of Norway, and Dr. Leila Benali, PhD., Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Morocco. Both shared insightful perspectives on their countries' approaches to energy security. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁ø𝗿𝗲: ▶ 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Støre used the Russia-Ukraine war as a cautionary tale. While Europe was phasing out coal and nuclear, it failed to invest sufficiently in renewables and relied heavily on gas. This led to a severe energy crisis when gas supplies were abruptly disrupted. ▶ 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲: Støre argued that a responsible energy transition means having the courage to persevere through bottlenecks rather than reversing course in the face of difficulties. ▶ 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Støre also described the collaboration he had observed among shipping companies as "fascinating." Despite the highly competitive nature of the shipping sector, he expressed admiration for the shipping leaders' desire to collaborate on establishing standards for low-carbon fuels. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶: ▶ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼’𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: When asked about Morocco's impressive progress in achieving its greenhouse gas emissions targets and near-universal electricity access, Benali cited their three-pronged energy strategy: 1️⃣ Renewable energy with a stretched target of over 52% by 2030, 2️⃣ Energy efficiency, and 3️⃣ Connectivity and market integration. Morocco is the only African country that is interconnected with Europe bidirectionally in terms of electricity, gas, and logistics. ▶ 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺: Benali advocated for a technology and fuels-agnostic approach to development. The financing needs for such an approach means we need to "grow the pie" and crowd in additional private sector investors. ▶ 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: She also emphasised the importance of letting the private sector take the lead in investing in various technologies while providing them with necessary support. We thank the ONS Foundation for inviting Professor Loo to moderate these panels. Stay tuned for more highlights from the other panels! #ONS2024 #energytransition #netzero
  

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