Satoshi Kanamori, Managing Executive Officer at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), presented “K” LINE’s initiatives regarding CCS (Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage) business developments during CCUS WORLD for the 22nd SMART ENERGY WEEK (Autumn 2024) *1, held between October 2 and 4 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
In this presentation, he introduced “K” LINE’s initiatives in the Northern Lights Project *2 the world’s first full-scale CCS value chain project, and the Offshore Sarawak CCS Project*3, which was selected as an Advanced CCS Project by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). A lively discussion was also held with attendees.
“K” LINE’s booth will be on display at booth E23-52 until October 4. Please stop by if you visit the expo.
“K” LINE group is promoting a variety of initiatives to support the decarbonization of its own operations and society in accordance with its long-term environmental policy, “Environmental Vision 2050”. The knowledge gained through “K” LINE’s advanced liquefied CO2 transport projects will be utilized in the development of projects with liquefied CO2 shipping that will sequentially begin to operate in Japan and overseas in the future with the aim of realizing a sustainable society and increasing “K” LINE’s corporate value.
(*1) September 12, 2024: “K” LINE to Exhibit at CCUS WORLD for the 22nd SMART ENERGY WEEK (Autumn 2024)
https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/carbon-neutral/carbon-neutral-20240912.html
(*2) February 6, 2024: “K” LINE enters into charter contracts with Northern Lights for third liquefied CO2 vessels:
https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/carbon-neutral/carbon-neutral-20240206.html
(*3) September 13, 2024: Commission a CCS engineering design work in Sarawak, Malaysia as the “Japanese Advanced CCS Projects” in FY2024
https://www.kline.co.jp/en/news/carbon-neutral/carbon-neutral-20240913.html