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Decoding DNV’s Five-Liner OCCS Report: How SMDERI-QET Closed the Loop from Ship to Shore
Release time :
2026-03-03
Recently, DNV, in collaboration with five global container shipping leaders—CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk, and MSC—released the report CO2 Abatement Potential from OCCS Application on Vessels of Five Container Liners on the North Europe-Asia Corridor (the “Report”). As the provider of the world’s first full-process onboard carbon capture and storage system, SMDERI-QET’s OCCS equipment and real-vessel application cases were prominently featured and positively cited in the Report. This marks strong recognition by international authorities and top shipping companies of SMDERI-QET’s technical strength and practical achievements in marine carbon capture.
Pioneering Technology: Real-Vessel Validation Unlocks the Full “Capture–Offload–Accounting” Chain
The DNV report outlines key prerequisites for the physical end-to-end CO₂ value chain, using the busy North Europe–Asia（(NEU-Asia) route for the five liners as a testbed for an OCCS corridor. It quantifies the CO₂ abatement potential of OCCS and highlights the need for timely regulation. The findings indicate that use of OCCS technology on container vessels operated by the five liners along the NEU-Asia corridor could offer a cost-competitive decarbonization option to complement the use of low-GHG fuels.
SMDERI-QET’s OCCS system achieved long-duration, continuous, and stable operation during real-vessel validation projects. It successfully completed the world’s first ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂), marking the first time the full technical pathway from shipboard emissions to shore-side recovery and utilization has been realized.
These milestones are no coincidence:
January 2024: SMDERI-QET delivered the full-process carbon capture system for the world’s first 14,000 TEU large container vessel after successful sea trials.
April 2024: The first shore‑side offloading of LCO₂ was completed in Shanghai.
January 2025: A second shore‑side offloading was successfully carried out at the Port of Rotterdam; the offloaded CO₂ was deducted from the vessel’s CII emissions calculation for that year, with certification from the Panama flag state.
June 2025: The world’s first ship-to-ship LCO₂ transfer operation was completed in Shanghai.
These achievements provided critical operational data underpinning the DNV report and demonstrated to the global shipping industry the reliability and economic viability of OCCS technology in real‑world maritime environments.
Shaping Standards: Driving International Rules and Accounting Frameworks for OCCS
The DNV report explores key topics such as LCO₂offloading costs, life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies, and regulatory framework development—areas closely aligned with the ongoing work SMDERI-QET has been advancing.
Beyond technological breakthroughs, SMDERI-QET is committed to moving OCCS from individual pilot projects to industry consensus. The proposal A case of onboard carbon capture and storage system and its CO₂ offloading (MEPC 83/INF.13), developed under the guidance of the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration’s Hazardous Materials and Pollution Prevention Division by Yangshan Maritime Safety Administration in collaboration with SMDERI-QET, was officially included in the 83rd session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83). Two further proposals were submitted to MEPC 84: A case of “capture, transportation, storage and mineralization” for onboard CO₂ capture (MEPC 84/7/18) and Considerations regarding the mineralization of onboard captured carbon as a permanent storage approach (MEPC 84/INF.8). These submissions provide practical data for IMO’s development of a regulatory framework for OCCS.
Concurrently, as the lead proponent of the international standard Specification for performance evaluation of marine carbon capture, SMDERI-QET was invited to participate in the 44th plenary meeting of ISO/TC 8 (Ships and marine technology), where it delivered a special presentation to advance the development and refinement of international standards related to OCCS.
Ecosystem Builder: Partnering Globally to Forge a Maritime Carbon Cycle Industry Chain
Guided by the philosophy of green development, SMDERI-QET is accelerating its transformation from an “equipment supplier” to a “low-carbon ecosystem builder.” Leveraging the world’s first technical operating system for shipboard CO₂ offloading and the experience from the world’s first ship-to-ship LCO₂ transfer, the company has entered into deep cooperation with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD). This collaboration supports the establishment of LCA methodologies covering the entire carbon value chain. Together with global partners, SMDERI-QET is advancing the development of a maritime carbon cycle system that culminates in carbon storage and utilization.
The DNV report projects that under the “High Uptake” scenario, by 2040, the application of OCCS on the North Europe–Asia corridor by the five liners alone could achieve annual CO₂ reductions of 6.0 million tonnes, with total offloaded CO₂ reaching 7.2 million tonnes per year.
“Under the High Uptake scenario in 2040, OCCS is projected to be used in conjunction with 60% of the total energy consumed by ships of the five liners on the corridor, resulting in 6.0 Mtpa of CO₂ abated and 7.2 Mtpa of CO₂ offloaded in ports.”
— DNV Report
In light of this trend, SMDERI-QET will continue to deepen its focus on OCCS through sustained technological breakthroughs and open ecological collaboration, delivering more efficient and cost‑effective solutions to safeguard the sustainable development of our blue oceans.
Some data and material in this article are sourced from the DNV report
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