Eco-friendly conversion of 528 ships by 2030… Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 400,000 tons

The government has decided to convert 528 public and private sector ships into eco-friendly ships by 2030.

In addition, it will develop a reduction technology that can reduce the GHG emissions of ships by 70%, and build a small coastal ship to which eco-friendly technology is applied, and begin the demonstration in earnest.

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the 23rd Emergency Economy Central Countermeasure Headquarters Meeting and the 7th Korean New Deal Ministers’ Meeting at the Government Sejong Government Complex, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki, and confirmed the ‘1st Basic Plan for Eco-friendly Ships’. .

This basic plan, which suggested basic directions for the development and distribution of eco-friendly ship technology, was named ‘2030 Green Ship-K Promotion Strategy’ for policy linkage with the Green New Deal and carbon neutrality.

This is a statutory plan jointly established by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries and the Minister of Industry every five years. The plan period is 10 years, but after five years, the first plan can be revised and supplemented through evaluation and inspection.

◇ Development of leading technology for future eco-friendly ships with ‘70% reduction of greenhouse gas’

The basic plan contained contents to systematically support the development of eco-friendly ships and equipment technology.

First, commercially available technologies such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), electricity, and hybrid ship propulsion technologies have decided to increase cost and technological competitiveness through localization and advancement of core equipment. In the future, it is planning to develop a mixed fuel propulsion technology that uses a mixture of existing fuels and carbon-free fuels as’Bridge technology’ to advance to the development of carbon-free fuels.

In addition, it will develop energy efficiency improvement technologies through frictional resistance reduction, weight reduction, and high-efficiency propellers.

A plan was also established to secure the technology of a carbon-free ship at an early stage through the development of key equipment technologies such as hydrogen and ammonia fuel cells, fuel storage tanks, and fuel supply and propulsion systems.

Through this, the government expects to secure technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% compared to existing oil ships by 2030.

Regarding the development of new technologies, vice minister of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Park Joon-young said, “The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Ministry of Industry are planning to promote the’Eco-friendly ship full cycle innovative technology development project’ worth 960 billion won from next year to 2031.” It will proceed,” he explained.

◇ Promote the Korean-style demonstration project’Greenship-K’

The government is also promoting the demonstration project’Greenship-K’ to commercialize new technologies.

The plan is to build a small coastal ship with eco-friendly technology and test it, and then apply it to large ships if the technology and economy are verified.

According to the plan, by 2025, more than 10 demonstration ships with eco-friendly new technologies, such as LNG bunkering ships and LNG-ammonia mixed fuel propulsion ships, will be built, and more than four equipment will be built through the construction of multi-purpose marine demonstration ships and retirement plans. Build a demonstration test bed.

In addition, it was decided to quickly prepare test, inspection, and safety standards so that the developed new technology can be applied to ships as soon as possible, and to establish the basis for testing and evaluation of ship equipment such as ammonia and hydrogen in stages.

◇ Promote the supply of eco-friendly ships… Achieved 15% conversion rate for eco-friendly lines

The government will preemptively apply commercialized technologies such as LNG and hybrid to promote the transition to eco-friendly ships from the public sector.

It was decided to convert a total of 388 government ships into eco-friendly ships by 2030 by replacing 199 old government ships and renovating 189 ships under 10 years old by installing a fine dust reduction device (DPF).

In the case of private ships, it plans to support the conversion of a total of 140 ships, including 58 inland ships such as wire, wire, and passenger ships, and 82 ships in foreign ports, such as cargo ships, into eco-friendly ships.

As a result, the government predicted that 528 ships, which account for 15% of the 3,542 target ships, will be converted into eco-friendly ships.

In addition, it is estimated that by 2030, it will be able to generate sales of 4.9 trillion won, production of 11 trillion won and employment of 40,000 people.

◇ Establishment of fuel supply infrastructure and operation system

In order to promote the supply of eco-friendly ships, infrastructure for eco-friendly fuel supply such as LNG and electricity will be expanded in stages.

First of all, from this month, it has decided to operate a combined LNG transport and bunkering ship, and to introduce two additional bunkering ships by the end of 2022. LNG bunkering ships are special ships that supply LNG to ships using LNG as fuel in the sea.

In addition, in the mid- to long-term, it plans to build land terminals in major ports such as Ulsan and Busan by 2026.

Through this, the government plans to expand the LNG fuel supply infrastructure, which is currently 350,000 tons, to 1.4 million tons by 2030.

In addition, it has decided to use AMP (Alternative Maritime Power) installed in 13 major ports as a fast charging facility for small electric/hybrid ships, and expand AMP to 248 locations in 2030.

It will operate a national certification system for eco-friendly ships and equipment, and support international standardization of certified technologies.

In addition, based on actual eco-friendly ship operation information, it analyzes and verifies emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, and establishes a support center capable of remote diagnosis and predictive maintenance of ships.

The government predicted that through this basic plan, environmental improvement effects of 1.3 trillion won can be expected by 2030.

In addition, it is expected to reduce about 400,000 tons of greenhouse gases (3% of emissions in 2017) and about 3,000 tons of fine dust (18% of 2017 emissions) through the conversion of eco-friendly ships.

Deputy Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Park Joon-young said, “The transition to eco-friendly ships is an inevitable duty of a responsible state in the international community.” I will try,” he said.

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