Equinor and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation have signed a five-year agreement to work on alternative marine fuels and technologies that cut emissions from ships. The partnership covers biofuels, ammonia and methanol, plus operational safety and emissions monitoring. It also includes onboard carbon capture and storage, building on GCMD's Project CAPTURED and its work with the EU Emissions Trading System. Equinor brings experience as a charterer of LNG, LPG and methanol-powered vessels, along with its role in the Northern Lights CO2 storage project. Northern Lights began storing CO2 in 2025 and is set to expand from 1.5 million tonnes a year to at least 5 million tonnes. The project is one of the few operating links between shipping, carbon capture and permanent storage. The hard part is moving from trials to commercial scale. Ships, bunkering infrastructure, safety standards and emissions verification all have to line up. This partnership is aimed at closing those gaps, but the article does not give specific targets or volumes. That leaves open how much of the work will translate into real emissions reductions.
