Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping has partnered with the ports of Hamburg, Gdynia, Rønne, Rotterdam and Tallinn to advance the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.

The partnership will demonstrate the early commercialisation of alternative fuel supply chains, provide a roadmap to scaling them up, and create a blueprint for rolling out green corridors in other locations.

The parties will start with a pre-feasibility to identify the potential routes, vessel types, and fuels to establish high impact green corridors in the Baltic and the North Sea regions.

The next phase will assess the shortlisted routes' technical, regulatory, and commercial feasibility.

Finally, the project partners will implement the vision and establish green corridors in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea.

"Until recently, the maritime sector was the only transport sector in the EU not subject to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. That time has passed, and the new reality has arrived: we must all work together to reduce CO2 emissions; there is no other way out," Valdo Kalm, the Port of Tallinn's CEO, commented.

He furthered, "To achieve maritime sector decarbonisation, zero-emission fuels and vessels must be deployed at scale over the next decade. It is undoubtedly a difficult task, but it can be aided by the formation of green corridors in which major ports provide the necessary zero-carbon fuels at the required scale for bunkering. Port of Tallinn is ready to step up and take the lead in providing next generation solutions for zero-emissions shipping at the same time supporting also the European Green Deal ambitions as well as the 2030 and 2050 goals enshrined in the EU Climate Law."

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