Charting the
course to
a net zero horizon

OUR INITIATIVES

Piloting

the path to

net zero

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Enabling ammonia as a marine fuel

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Assuring the quality, quantity and emissions abatement of drop-in green fuels

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Unlocking the carbon value chain

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Scaling adoption of energy efficiency technologies

Enabling ammonia as a marine fuel

The 2023 IMO GHG Strategy aims for shipping to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, with increasing adoption of low-/ zero-carbon fuels as a key lever. Ammonia is among the slate of promising future fuels.

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Studies

Completed

Phase 1: Ammonia bunkering pilot safety study
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Studies

In progress

Phase 2A: Detailed operational risk assessment for
ship-to-ship cargo transfer of ammonia in the port waters of Singapore
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Latest news and insights

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Executing ammonia transfers in the Pilbara

29 October 2024

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S&P Global – INTERVIEW: Navigator, GCMD bullish about ammonia carrier fleet, bunkering potential

10 October 2024

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TradeWinds – Great minds: How Mads Peter Zacho and Lynn Loo are putting their heads together on ammonia fuelling

7 October 2024

Assuring the quality, quantity and emissions abatement of drop-in green fuels

Biofuels are widely recognised by the maritime sector as an alternative fuel that can be deployed today to reduce GHG emissions because they are “drop-in“-ready.

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Studies

Completed

Biofuels end-to-end supply chain trials
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Studies

In progress

Crude algae oil as a drop-in green marine fuel
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Pilots

Completed

Project LOTUS (Long-term impact of continuous use of biofuels on vessel operations)
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Latest news and insights

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Rapid forensic analysis of FAME-based biofuels: Potential use of its fingerprint as a fraud detection tool

2 December 2024

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Rapid forensic analysis of FAME-based biofuels: Potential use of its fingerprint as a fraud detection tool

1 December 2024

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Marine Professional – Banking on Biodiesel?

1 November 2024

Unlocking the
carbon value chain

With zero-carbon fuel availability uncertain and cost premium high, shipowners are increasingly looking to onboard carbon capture and storage as a key interim solution.

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Pilots

Completed

PROJECT REMARCCABLE (Realising Maritime Carbon Capture to demonstrate the Ability to Lower Emissions)
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Studies

Completed

Concept study to offload onboard captured CO2
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Studies

In progress

Project COLOSSUS (Carbon capture, OffLoading, Onshore Storage, Utilisation or Sequestration​​)
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Latest news and insights

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Recommendations for Competency Standards Ensuring Safe Handling of Onboard Captured Liquid Carbon Dioxide and Offloading to Shore

6 January 2025

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Shipping poised to play a vital role in APAC cross-border CCUS initiatives, with  annual CO2 shipping volumes projected to reach 100 MtPA by 2050

10 December 2024

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Opportunities for Shipping to Enable Cross-Border CCUS Initiatives

9 December 2024

Scaling adoption of energy efficiency technologies

Improving energy efficiency is a fail-safe approach for managing energy costs and increasingly important to achieve IMO targets.

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Pilots

In progress

Project PAYS (Pay-As-You-Save) 1
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Latest news and insights

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Caixin – 全球海事脱碳中心卢月玲：航运业脱碳需考虑低碳燃料替代品

25 September 2024

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GovInsider – Moving decarbonisation from lab to industry

1 August 2024

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Naftemporiki.gr – Alternative fuels a challenge for bulkers and tankers

16 July 2024

Navigating the ecosystem

Lowering barriers across a complex ecosystem

We act as a centre of gravity, catalysing and facilitating connections among experts within the maritime ecosystem, fostering global connections between stakeholders across the value chain, and promoting the dissemination of maritime decarbonisation information and tools.
Our initiatives
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Enabling ammonia as a marine fuel

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Assuring the quality, quantity and emissions abatement of drop-in green fuels

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Unlocking the carbon value chain

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Scaling adoption of energy efficiency technologies

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Enabling ammonia as a marine fuel

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Technology solutions and service providers

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Technology solutions and service providers

Vessel design providers, shipyards, OEMs, energy efficiency technology manufacturers, sensor integrators, platform developers, classification societies among others

Our partners:

  • SeaTech
  • Seatrium
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Operations service providers

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Operations service providers

Fuel testing service providers, logistics providers, performance verifiers, LCO2 handlers, oil and gas players, emergency responders, sequestration players among others

Our partners:

  • Viswa Group
  • VPS
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End users

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End users

Shipowners, cargo owners, industry users, fuel purchasers, vessel operators among others

Our partners:

  • Asiatic Lloyd
  • Eastern Pacific Shipping
  • MOL
  • Navigator Gas
  • NYK
  • ONE
  • PIL
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Government agencies and standards development bodies

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Government agencies and standards development bodies

Regulators, trade associations and standards bodies

Our partners:

  • A*STAR
  • National Metrology Centre
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Commercial service providers

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Commercial service providers

Commercial services such as banks, charterers, law firms and insurers

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Fuel supply chain players

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Fuel supply chain players

Oil and gas players, fuel producers and suppliers, storage terminal operators, bunker suppliers and barge operators, port terminal operators among others

Our partners:

  • Advario
  • Fratelli Cosulich
  • Hong Lam Marine
  • Jurong Port
  • Kenoil
  • Pavilion Energy
  • PSA
  • Vopak
  • Yara
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Assuring the quality, quantity and emissions abatement of drop-in green fuels

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Technology solutions and service providers

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Technology solutions and service providers

Vessel design providers, shipyards, OEMs, energy efficiency technology manufacturers, sensor integrators, platform developers, classification societies among others

Our partners:

  • Authentix
  • BCG
  • BunkerTrace
  • Control Union
  • IDS Group
  • MAN Energy Solutions
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Operations service providers

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Operations service providers

Fuel testing service providers, logistics providers, performance verifiers, LCO2 handlers, oil and gas players, emergency responders, sequestration players among others

Our partners:

  • Saybolt
  • VPS
  • Viswa Group
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End users

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End users

Shipowners, cargo owners, industry users, fuel purchasers, vessel operators among others

Our partners:

  • Angelicoussis Group/Maran Tankers Management Inc
  • Anglo American
  • Astomos Energy
  • BHP
  • Chevron
  • CMA CGM
  • Eastern Pacific Shipping
  • Hapag Lloyd
  • NKY Line
  • ONE
  • PIL
  • Stena Bulk
  • Swire Bulk
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Government agencies and standards development bodies

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Government agencies and standards development bodies

Regulators, trade associations and standards bodies

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Commercial service providers

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Commercial service providers

Commercial services such as banks, charterers, law firms and insurers

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Fuel supply chain players

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Fuel supply chain players

Oil and gas players, fuel producers and suppliers, storage terminal operators, bunker suppliers and barge operators, port terminal operators among others

Our partners:

  • BP
  • Chevron
  • GoodFuels
  • TotalEnergies
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Unlocking the carbon value chain

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Technology solutions and service providers

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Technology solutions and service providers

Vessel design providers, shipyards, OEMs, energy efficiency technology manufacturers, sensor integrators, platform developers, classification societies among others

Our partners:

  • ABS
  • Alfa Laval
  • Arup
  • BCG
  • Deltamarin
  • Emerson
  • Endress + Hauser
  • Lloyd’s Register
  • Panasia
  • SeaTech
  • Seatrium
  • TNO
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Operations service providers

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Operations service providers

Fuel testing service providers, logistics providers, performance verifiers, LCO2 handlers, oil and gas players, emergency responders, sequestration players among others

Our partners:

  • Alfa Laval
  • Chevron
  • Shell
  • Woodside Energy
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End users

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End users

Shipowners, cargo owners, industry users, fuel purchasers, vessel operators among others

Our partners:

  • BHP
  • BP
  • BW Epic Kosan
  • Eastern Pacific Shipping
  • Hapag Lloyd
  • K Line
  • Navigator Gas
  • Olympic Shipping & Management SA
  • Pavilion Energy
  • Stena
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Government agencies and standards development bodies

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Government agencies and standards development bodies

Regulators, trade associations and standards bodies

Our partners:

  • MPA
  • Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
  • Port of Rotterdam
  • Singapore Shipping Association
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Commercial service providers

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Commercial service providers

Commercial services such as banks, charterers, law firms and insurers

Our partners:

  • Gard
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Fuel and CO2 supply chain players

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Fuel and CO2 supply chain players

Oil and gas players, fuel producers and suppliers, storage terminal operators, bunker suppliers and barge operators, port terminal operators among others

Our partners:

  • Advario
  • BHP
  • Chevron
  • Jurong Port
  • PSA
  • SLNG
  • Woodside Energy
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Scaling adoption of energy efficiency technologies

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Technology solutions and service providers

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Technology solutions and service providers

Vessel design providers, shipyards, OEMs, energy efficiency technology manufacturers, sensor integrators, platform developers, classification societies among others

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Operations service providers

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Operations service providers

Fuel testing service providers, logistics providers, performance verifiers, LCO2 handlers, oil and gas players, emergency responders, sequestration players among others

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End users

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End users

Shipowners, cargo owners, industry users, fuel purchasers, vessel operators among others

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Government agencies and standards development bodies

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Government agencies and standards development bodies

Regulators, trade associations and standards bodies

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Commercial service providers

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Commercial service providers

Commercial services such as banks, charterers, law firms and insurers

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Fuel and CO2 supply chain players

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Fuel and CO2 supply chain players

Oil and gas players, fuel producers and suppliers, storage terminal operators, bunker suppliers and barge operators, port terminal operators among others

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our partners

Uniting diverse perspectives and resources

We aim to bring stakeholders across the complex value chain together to create positive impact on decarbonisation.

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Founding / Strategic Partners
BHP
BW
EPS
DNV
MPA
One
Seatrium
BP
Hanwha Ocean
Hapag-Lloyd
NYK
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Impact Partners
BCG
Gard
MOL
MSC
Olympic
the human engery company
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Coalition Partners
IBIA
International
IWSA
OGCI
SSA
SGMF
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Knowledge Partners
GMF
GSBN
KPLER
Maersk
SINTEF Ocean
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Enabling Partners
Kiri Capital
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With over 80 project partners
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Flowers

GCMD is doing great work to help the industry to decarbonise. This important global objective requires hard work to find evidence-based solutions and to pull together stakeholders for implementation. GCMD focuses on practical steps to make transition possible, and BW Group is pleased to be supporting the centre’s work.

Andreas Sohmen-Pao

Chairman of the GCMD Board
Chairman, BW Group

Founding / Strategic Partner

The energy and impact GCMD has brought to maritime decarbonisation in such a short time is testament to the team’s dedication and urgency to bring about change. The invaluable experience of its people and their vision for shipping’s sustainable future position GCMD as a major enabler for this sector’s aspirations.

Lambros Klaoudatos

SVP, bp Shipping

Founding / Strategic Partner

As a founding partner of GCMD, we are committed to a shared vision of supporting the industry to decarbonise and deliver on IMO’s emission targets. Through active collaboration with GCMD and decades of experience within the maritime and energy sectors, we want to help speed up the transition to a more sustainable future for the maritime sector.

Remi Eriksen

Group President and CEO, DNV

Founding / Strategic Partner

Our partnership with GCMD is one of the key industry initiatives towards climate-neutral shipping. As an industry, we need to pull in the same direction to make the energy transition a reality. The work of GCMD and its goals are in line with our ambitions and support our goal of net-zero fleet operations by 2045. Only together we can accelerate the decarbonisation of maritime shipping.

Rolf Habben Jansen

CEO, Hapag-Lloyd

Founding / Strategic Partner

At Seatrium, we are more than just a founding partner of GCMD. Our engineering expertise and innovation have allowed us to take a leading role in advocating for a low/ zero-emission offshore and marine industry, and we are proud to be at the forefront of the global energy transition. As a responsible corporate citizen, we recognise our duty and opportunity to contribute and value-add to maritime decarbonisation for a more sustainable world. Through our ongoing partnerships with GCMD, we are committed to working with like-minded organisations to drive change towards a cleaner energy future.

Chris Ong

CEO, Seatrium Limited

Founding / Strategic Partner

ONE actively supports our continued partnership with GCMD. As a founding partner, we have made steady progress in the past years toward our shared goal of decarbonisation in the maritime industry. Looking forward to the future, we remain convinced that active participation and close collaboration is the only path to success, especially as the shipping industry faces unprecedented challenges on every front. Transformation begins with action.

Jeremy Nixon

CEO, Ocean Network Express

Founding / Strategic Partner

Since its establishment, GCMD has been providing significant value towards the realisation of maritime decarbonisation through diverse studies and pilot projects related to ammonia, biofuel, and CO2 capturing & offloading. Still, many uncertainties and challenges remain to be overcome from technical, operational, economic, and regulatory viewpoints, and cross-industry collaboration and cooperation are paramount.  

In this context, GCMD provides another strategic role as a facilitator, influencer, and connector of global industry experts to jointly create new value and solutions. As a strategic partner of GCMD, we are committed to further encouraging these initiatives.

Nobuhiro Kashima

Senior Managing Executive Officer, NYK Line

Founding / Strategic Partner

GCMD has certainly laid a strong foundation in initiating the maritime industry’s decarbonisation efforts since its inception. EPS and GCMD share the same drive and commitment towards decarbonsation, therefore our valuable partnership will help close technical and operational gaps, and establish fundamental changes that will help accelerate the industry’s adoption of alternative fuels for a greener tomorrow.

Cyril Ducau

CEO, Eastern Pacific Shipping

Founding / Strategic Partner

BHP is proud to be a founding member of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation in Singapore, a key maritime hub of the world. The Centre continues to enable great work that drives decarbonisation in this hard-to-abate sector through innovative projects by fostering co-creation across the maritime industry.

Rashpal Bhatti

Vice President, Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence, BHP

Founding / Strategic Partner

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Shipping poised to play a vital role in APAC cross-border CCUS initiatives, with  annual CO2 shipping volumes projected to reach 100 MtPA by 2050

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Rapid forensic analysis of FAME-based biofuels: Potential use of its fingerprint as a fraud detection tool

02 December 2024

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SINTEF Ocean and GCMD partnerships strengthen global collaboration for maritime decarbonisation

06 November 2024

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The Trilemma of Installing Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) Systems

05 November 2024

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Marine Professional – Banking on Biodiesel?

01 November 2024

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