CMES, BHP and DNV co-operate on cutting maritime carbon emissions

As the maritime industry is undergoing major transformations driven by the twin ambitions of carbon emissions reduction and digitalization, the MOU seeks to enable close co-operation between ship owner and charterer with the aim of achieving further energy efficiencies and GHG savings through improved voyage data collection, verification and sharing via DNV’s Veracity data platform in collaboration with the industry partners’ digital management systems.

With tightening environmental regulations and ever more ambitious GHG savings expectations from cargo owners and financiers, it is crucial for ship owners to accelerate the reduction of GHG emissions from their operations and for charterers to help, said the partners.

To this end, CMES, BHP and DNV have started their first joint pilot project, which focuses on the exchange and analysis of quality-assured data from selected ships and voyages.

According to DNV, the first-ever Voyage GHG Verification Statement was issued by DNV as part of the pilot project, with the goal of establishing a trusted common source of data truth for use in various current or potential future business scenarios.

“China Merchants Energy Shipping is a company that embraces digitalization transformation and honours its duty to a decarbonized shipping community. We are thrilled to be pioneering cross value chain GHG management driven by digitalization with leading industry partners such as BHP and DNV. To master the industry’s challenges of tomorrow all parties across the value chain must come together on a trusted basis and establish a common source of data truth,” said Huang Mao Sheng, Vice President of CMES.

“Vessel owners who are early adopters of cross-value chain data sharing will likely have an advantage among charterers like BHP who have set targets for GHG emissions reductions and have the tools, like the Veracity platform, to help them assess, analyze, benchmark, and measure GHG emissions reportable within Scope 3. We look forward to the results of the first joint pilot and call for more industry stakeholders to join the journey and collaborate to better manage value chain GHG emissions,” said Rashpal Bhatti, Vice President of Maritime and Supply Chain Excellence, BHP.

“Digitalization is an enabler for decarbonization, and collaboration is the true fuel of the future. Therefore, we are delighted to be part of this industry-first project with major maritime players CMES and BHP, which aims to jointly drive the reduction of greenhouse gases in shipping and in the ecosystem at large,” said Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO Maritime at DNV.

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