The world’s most efficient and environmentally friendly shipping

Collaboration for the world’s most efficient and environmentally friendly shipping

The Green Shipping Program (GSP) focuses on sustainable logistics solutions, profitable emission reductions, green employment, increased competitiveness and exports, and taking an international leadership position. The goal is to cut emissions and establish green competitiveness in the maritime industry.

How we will achieve the goal

As a significant contribution from Norway, a leading maritime nation, in the fight against global warming, the Norwegian state and the maritime industry will collaboratively ensure the development of shipping with zero- and low-emission ships.

To achieve the long-term goals of zero emissions, there is no way around carbon-neutral fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, or biogas.

The barriers to adopting carbon-neutral fuels are significant. Someone must lead the way. Someone must test the solutions.

Only through this approach can we gain experiences necessary to achieve cost reductions, higher efficiency, and improved availability. This is the only way to establish the foundation for widespread industry adoption.

 

 

The program will

• • Prioritize solutions with significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ship.
  • Place particular emphasis on zero-emission fuels.
  • Quickly find realizable solutions.
  • Contribute to the further development of an innovative and competitive maritime industry in Norway, resulting in:
    • • • Cost-effective emission reductions
        • Economic growth
        • Increased competitiveness

The program’s vision

Norway shall establish the world’s most efficient and environmentally friendly shipping.
The program is a tool for implementing the strategies and plans of the Norwegian Parliament and government.

The program is a public-private partnership involving more than 100 partners.

The program brings together the entire maritime value chain; shipyards, equipment and system suppliers, ship design companies, financial institutions, shipping companies, classification societies, research institutes, other service suppliers, and transport buyers, as well as authorities.

The program connects contacts, fosters collaboration, and strengthens the Norwegian maritime cluster.

The program delivers tangible results, strengthens the maturation of technology, and contributes to better framework conditions.

As of spring 2024, the program has initiated a total of 53 pilot projects since its beginning in 2015.

19 of these have been realized or are in the process of being realized. A few examples of concrete and visible results are:

• A flexible fully electric transport system on autonomous ships
• Potential for battery-electric high-speed craft in Norwegian ferry routes

View all the completed pilot projects here.