On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ONS 2024, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) issued an Approval-in-Principle (AIP) certificate for the 12,000m3 and 20,000m3 Liquefied Carbon Dioxide (LCO2) carriers developed by Dalian Shipbuilding & Offshore (DSOC) in conjunction with Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC), Watts Energy & Engineering(WE) and Germany’s TGE.
The AIP certificate confirms the overall feasibility of the conceptual design developed by DSOC in cooperation with various industry parties, creates favorable conditions for the provision of standardized CO2 carrier solutions to the growing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) industry, and demonstrates DSOC’s strategic determination to be the first shipyard in the world to build customized CO2 carriers for the CCS industry, and to deeply cultivate and lay out the future CO2 one-stop solution for ship transportation.
“I would like to thank DNV, MARIC, WE and TGE for their strong support in the development of this two new CO2 carriers. All parties are the most experienced representatives in their respective fields within the industry. DSOC, as the lead entity, deeply appreciates the importance of leveraging standardization and mature experience during the development of this new CO2 carriers. We join hands with all parties to provide a standardized ship type solution, which will help the industry upstream and downstream to take fewer detours, reduce the cost of trial and error, help the development of the CCS industry, and contribute to the response to global climate change and the early realization of the dual-carbon goal.” Guo Chao, Deputy General Manager of DSOC, said.
In recent years, DSOC has stepped up its layout in the field of dual-carbon, and after constructing the world’s first carbon dioxide transportation vessels for Northern Lights, it has continued to integrate the advantageous resources in the industry, closely followed the market demand, and launched new vessels. In May this year, DSOC signed a cooperation agreement on the development of CO2 carriers with DNV, MARIC, WE and TGE.
The two CO2 carriers released this time have excellent operational flexibility and performance indexes, which are high-quality solutions for global CCS customers under the mechanism of the cooperation agreement and oriented to the market demand, and are another successful example of innovative cooperation and mutual benefit for all parties.