Canadian Green Shipping Corridors Preliminary Assessment

CanadianGreenShippingCorridorsPreliminaryAssessment Arup Lloyd’sRegisterMaritimeDecarbonisationHubOceansNorth VancouverMaritimeCentreforClimate About VancouverMaritimeCentreforClimate Arup Arupisaglobalindependentfirmofmorethan17,000designers,planners,engineers,architects,consultants andtechnicalspecialists,workingacrosseveryaspectoftoday’sbuiltenvironment. Foundedtobebothhumaneandexcellent,wecollaboratewithourclientsandpartnersusingimagination,technologyandrigourtoshapeabetterworld. ForArup,creatingabetterworldisallaboutcreatingamoresustainablefuture,includingforthemaritimesector.Wearefocussedonsupportingthenewpartnerships,technologiesandinfrastructuresolutionsrequiredtotransformmaritime transport.Webringtogethermaritime,energyandsustainabilityskillstosupportactorsacrossthevaluechainofportsandshipping. Lloyd’sRegisterMaritimeDecarbonisationHub Creatingsafe,sustainablepathwaystoa zero-carbonmaritimeindustry. ThemissionoftheLloyd’sRegister(LR)MaritimeDecarbonisationHubistoacceleratethesustainabledecarbonisationofthemaritimeindustry,byenablingthedeliveryandoperationofsafe,technicallyfeasibleandcommerciallyviablezero-emissionvesselsby2030. Theshippingindustryneedsleadership,collaborationandevidence-baseddirectiontoachieveitsdecarbonisationgoals.TheLRMaritimeDecarbonisationHubcreatesandsharesevidence,insightandknowledgeaboutthetransitiontoadecarbonisedworldfleet.TheHubcollaborateswithawiderangeofstakeholders,includingshipowners,shipyards,technologyproviders,regulators,andindustryassociations,tofacilitatethetransitionto amoresustainablemaritimeindustry. TheLRMaritimeDecarbonisationHubisanotforprofitjointventurebetweenLloyd’sRegisterandtheLloyd’sRegisterFoundation.Lloyd’sRegisterGroupiswhollyownedbytheLloyd’sRegisterFoundation,apoliticallyandfinanciallyindependentglobalcharitythatpromotessafetyandeducation. OceansNorth OceansNorthisCanadiancharitywithamandatetopromotetheconservationofCanada’snorthernoceansandtheresultingwell-beingofpeopleandcommunitieswhorelyuponitsnaturalwealth. Aspartofaholisticstrategytoprotecttheocean,OceansNorthisworkingtodecarbonizemaritimeemissionsthatarecontributingtoclimatechangeandadverselyimpactingcommunitiesandtheenvironment. Ourapproachincludesongoingpubliceducationandawarenessinitiatives,research,aswellasengagementwithgovernment,stakeholders,andIndigenouspartners,tocreatecommunity-drivensolutionsforthedevelopmentanduptakeofzeroemissionstechnologiesandpractices. OurworktoadvanceCanada’szero-emissionsmaritimeenergytransitionincludesafocusonthecreationofemission-freeports,zero-emissionvesselsandgreenshippingcorridors. VancouverMaritimeCentreforClimate TheVancouverMaritimeCentreforClimateisanindustryledinitiativededicatedtoacceleratingthetransitiontoazeroemissionsshippingindustryinBritishColumbia. TheVMCCrecognizethatmaritimeoperatorsarecurrentlyfacinglargeregulatoryhurdlestoreduceemissionswithnoclearpathforwardonhowtomeettheseobjectives.Itisourbelievethatbringingindustrytogetherhelpsfacilitatethemobilizationandimplementationofgreentechnologiesthatwillhelpshipownersandthesupportinglandbasedinfrastructuregettozeroemissionsfaster.Climate-drivenriskstotheglobalandlocaleconomyarealreadyhere,andtheissuesaregettingmoreurgent.Webelieveitistimetoacknowledge theextraordinaryemissionsfromtheshippingindustryandacceleratethetransitiontowardsazeroemissionsindustryhereinBritishColumbia. Introduction InternationalshippingemitsapproximatelyonebilliontonnesofCO2everyyear.It’sanindustryalmostentirelyreliantonfossilfuelswhicharethegreatestcontributortogreenhousegasemissions. Withoutintervention,theseemissionsareexpectedtocontinuegrowingwhichwillleadtoincreasesinglobalwarmingandtheseverityoftheassociated impacts.Anurgenttransitionawayfromfossilfuelsis required. It’sbeenestimatedthatby2030atleast5%offuelsusedbyinternationalshippingand15%usedbydomesticshipping1musthavezero-lifecycleemissionstoaligndecarbonisationwiththe2015ParisAgreementobjectives.However,thistransitionincorporatesanumberofchallengesincludingrelativelyhighfuelcosts,limitedproductioncapacity,andimmaturityofonboardtechnologies. Dozensofgreenshippingcorridorinitiativeshavebeenannouncedglobally.Theyareavehicletomobilisestakeholdersacrosstheshippingandfuel-supplyvaluechainstoaddressthebarrierstozeroemissionfueluptake.Initiallyfocussingontheearlystagesoffueltransition,theiraimistodevelopsupplychainswhilethetechnicalandcommercialreadinessofthesolutionsprogress.Theseinitiativeswillpreparetheindustryreacha‘tippingpoint’wherethesesolutionsstarttoscalerapidlybasedonmarketforces. Significantinvestmentinenergyandfuelproductioninfrastructurewillberequiredgloballytodrivethetransitionawayfromfossilfuels.Thisrepresentsanopportunityforcountriesaroundtheworldtoachievetheirenvironmentalobjectiveswhilegrowingeconomicprosperity,realisingsocialco-benefits,andprotectingthemselvesfromtheimpactofdivestmentfromfossilfuelindustries. 1bntonnesCO2 Annualemissionsfrominternationalshipping Asanexistingenergyproducerwithaskilledworkforceandsubstantiallandandnaturalresour