Samskip Advan­ces Zero-Emission Ship­ping, Part­ne­ring With TECO 2030 Retro­fit­ting Samskip’s LNG Ves­sel Samskip Kvit­nos With Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells

The Samskip Kvit­nos ope­ra­tes on a fixed rou­te from Rot­ter­dam along the Nor­we­gi­an west coast to Ham­mer­fest, making it a vital part of Samskip’s com­mit­ment to sus­tainable logi­stics in one of Europe’s most envi­ron­men­tal­ly sen­si­ti­ve regi­ons. By retro­fit­ting this ves­sel with zero-emission fuel cells, Samskip will ensu­re the Samskip Kvit­nos stays ahead of upco­ming regu­la­ti­ons, inclu­ding the Fue­lEU Mari­ti­me and EU Emis­si­ons Tra­ding Sys­tem (EU ETS), while also addres­sing the need for zero emis­si­ons in Nor­we­gi­an world heri­ta­ge fjords by 2030.

Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in the HyE­ko­Tank pro­ject is the latest in a series of Samskip initia­ti­ves aimed at redu­cing car­bon emis­si­ons across the mari­ti­me sec­tor. From its pio­nee­ring Seas­hut­tle pro­ject, which is buil­ding hydrogen-powered con­tai­ner ships, to its use of bio­fuels, shore power and CO2 cap­tu­re sys­tems, Samskip is dedi­ca­ted to lever­aging advan­ced tech­no­lo­gies and inno­va­ti­ve part­ner­ships to meet its ambi­tious decar­bo­niza­ti­on targets.

“We have spent years actively pur­suing sus­tainable solu­ti­ons across our fleet, and this retro­fit of the Samskip Kvit­nos ali­gns per­fect­ly with our visi­on for the future of ship­ping,” said Erik Hof­mees­ter, Head of Ves­sel Manage­ment at Samskip. “Working along­side TECO 2030 and the HyE­ko­Tank con­sor­ti­um, we are ensu­ring that the Kvit­nos not only meets but stays ahead of the zero-emission tar­gets set by the EU and Nor­we­gi­an aut­ho­ri­ties, all while con­ti­nuing to pro­vi­de relia­ble ser­vice for our customers.”

Future-Proofing the Samskip Fleet

The HyE­ko­Tank pro­ject is the world’s lar­gest ongo­ing fuel cell retro­fit effort, demons­t­ra­ting the poten­ti­al of hydro­gen tech­no­lo­gy in redu­cing emis­si­ons in the glo­bal mari­ti­me sec­tor. For Samskip, retro­fit­ting the Samskip Kvit­nos is not just about compliance—it’s about future-proofing its fleet to meet the ener­gy needs of tomor­row while deli­ve­ring tan­gi­ble envi­ron­men­tal bene­fits today.

“Our col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with TECO 2030 is a key part of our jour­ney to achie­ving net zero by 2040,” Hof­mees­ter con­tin­ued. “By inves­t­ing in retro­fit­ting exis­ting ves­sels like the Samskip Kvit­nos, we are maxi­mi­zing the envi­ron­men­tal impact of our ope­ra­ti­ons while ensu­ring long-term sus­taina­bi­li­ty and com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness in a rapidly evol­ving industry.”

A Joint Com­mit­ment to Green Shipping

Samskip’s inclu­si­on in the HyE­ko­Tank pro­ject is fur­ther sup­port­ed by other renow­ned part­ners, inclu­ding Shell, Umoe Advan­ced Com­po­si­tes, and the Arc­tic Uni­ver­si­ty of Nor­way. Tog­e­ther, the con­sor­ti­um will imple­ment advan­ced tech­no­lo­gies that enable zero-emission navi­ga­ti­on in Euro­pean coas­tal are­as and the Nor­we­gi­an fjords, safe­guar­ding the­se regi­ons for future generations.

The Samskip Kvit­nos retro­fit is sche­du­led for com­ple­ti­on in 2025 and is expec­ted to signi­fi­cant­ly redu­ce emis­si­ons while main­tai­ning ope­ra­tio­nal effi­ci­en­cy on Samskip’s estab­lished routes.