Lending our voice to climate advocacy

The pressure for environmental action and regulation creates the need for even greater collaboration between industry players— not only amongst ship owners and operators but also charterers, banks, and governments. We are active participants in multiple associations working on industry matters, including climate change initiatives.

In 2021, BW Group and its affiliates were a member of or partner with the following associations and organisations:

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation 

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) was set up on 1 August 2021 as a non-profit organisation. Strategic partners include the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), BHP, BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Foundation Det Norske Veritas, Ocean Network Express, Seatrium Limited and Hapag-Llyod.
 
  
Located in Singapore, GCMD is a public-private partnership to support decarbonisation of the maritime industry to meet or exceed the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) goals for 2030 and 2050. Chaired by BW Group Chairman, Andreas Sohmen-Pao, the centre focuses on addressing some of the gaps faced by the maritime industry through pilots and trials.

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation aims to: 

Accelerate the deployment of scalable low-carbon technologies across the maritime ecosystem.

Lower the adoption barriers for low-/zero-carbon fuels and technologies by closing the gaps in infrastructure, safety, operations and financing 

Act as a centre of gravity for catalysing and facilitating: 
+ between experts within the maritime ecosystem  
+ global connections between stakeholders across the value chain 
+ dissemination of maritime decarbonisation information and tools 

GCMD recognises the need to look at multiple solutions for international shipping to achieve near and long term
decarbonisation ambitions. To help address the key
challenges, GCMD has launched three projects in 2022 —
an ammonia bunkering safety study, an assurance framework
for ensuring supply-chain integrity of current and
future drop-in green fuels, and a pilot-study to demonstrate end-to-end shipboard carbon capture at scale.

Deployment of low-/zero-carbon fuels including: 

• Biofuels (FAME & HVO / Biomass)
• Bio-methane (Bio-LNG) 
• E-ammonia 

Alternative energy converters: 

• Dual fuel internal combustion engines  
• Fuel cells  

Technical measures with at least 10% emissions reduction such as:

• Wind-power
• Air lubrication  
• Carbon capture and storage (w/ carbon-neutral fuels) 

For more information, visit https://www.gcformd.org/ 

other key industry collaborations and initiatives BW is involved in