LEC Sustainable Shipping
Technologies Forum

AquaBioTech Group is an international consulting company strategically located in the centre of the Mediterranean on the island of Malta, although operating globally with clients and projects in over fifty-five countries. AquaBioTech Group undertakes a variety of aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic environmental projects through its regional offices and selected partners throughout the world. The vast majority of the company’s work is related to the marine or aquatic environment, encompassing aquaculture developments, market research / intelligence, through to project feasibility assessments, finance acquisition, project management, technology sourcing and technical support and training.

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level. The university has 3100 employees and 10,000 students, and offers education in engineering, science, shipping and architecture. With scientific excellence as a basis, Chalmers promotes knowledge and technical solutions for a sustainable world. Through global commitment and entrepreneurship, we foster an innovative spirit, in close collaboration with wider society. The EU’s biggest research initiative – the Graphene Flagship – is coordinated by Chalmers. We are also leading the development of a Swedish quantum computer. Chalmers was founded in 1829 and has the same motto today as it did then: Avancez – forward.

CMB is a diversified shipping and logistics group based in Antwerp, Belgium. CMB owns and operates 139 sea-going ships in dry bulk (Bocimar), container transport (Delphis), chemical tankers (Bochem) & crew transfer vessels (Windcat Workboats). CMB is also involved in cleantech (CMB.TECH) and real estate (Reslea, Maritime Campus Antwerp). CMB has offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hamburg and London.

Colibri b.v. is a leading company for ammonia absorption refrigeration plants (ARP). For more than 25 years Colibri delivers ARPs with refrigeration capacities between 100 kW and 10 MW and refrigeration temperatures from 0°C to -60 °C in countries all over the world. Most customers from Colibri are in the chemical- or food-industry with high demands concerning the quality and reliability of the products they purchase.

DANAOS Shipping is a leading company in ship management. Currently, DANAOS is managing a fleet of 60 container ships. The distinct edge in advanced shipping technology and long track record of safety, efficiency, and environmental responsibility has helped the company to forge lasting relationships with its customers. DANAOS has a rich background in research activity dedicated to innovation of ship operation. DANAOS has participated in several projects funded by EU, with prime objective to advance maritime service.

DNV is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. We enhance safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. We invest heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.

Over the years the EXMAR Group developed from a traditional shipping company into an innovation driven gas energy provider. Today we are actively involved at the very heart of the global energy value chain.

The success of the EXMAR Group has been achieved by our people both on board and ashore who constantly challenge the convienient and anticipate customer needs. As a team we manage to continuously demonstrate the ability to deliver innovations to the energy supply chain which improve overall efficiency, bring a healthy return on investment and create new market opportunities for our customers and long-term partners.

It has always been in EXMAR’s DNA to be the first mover to adapt to changing situations, and to determine its own course by taking leadership through innovation.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS covers the field of advanced ceramics from basic preliminary research through to the entire range of applications. Superbly equipped laboratories and technical facilities covering 30,000 m2 of useable space have been set up for this purpose at the sites in Dresden and Hermsdorf. Based on comprehensive materials expertise in advanced ceramic materials, the institute’s development work covers the entire value creation chain, all the way to prototype production. Fraunhofer IKTS forms a triad of materials, technology and systems expertise, which is enhanced by the highest level of extensive materials diagnostics for materials beyond ceramics. Chemists, physicists, materials scientists and engineers work together on an interdisciplinary basis at IKTS. All tasks are supported by highly skilled technicians.

HOERBIGER is active throughout the world in the oil, gas, and process industries, in the automotive industry, and in safety solutions. In 2019, its 6,719 employees achieved sales of 1.149 billion euros in 123 locations and 47 countries. Our products and services are used in reciprocating compressors, gas flow control units, vehicle transmissions, gas-powered engines, automobile hydraulics, and comprehensive explosion protection solutions. It is our shared ambition to deliver excellence for our customers. As a result, we create an environment which allows our employees to develop their full potential and demonstrate initiative: people and success go hand in hand at HOERBIGER.

INNIO is a leading solutions provider of gas engines, power equipment, a digital platform and related services for power generation and gas compression at or near the point of use. With our Jenbacher* and Waukesha* product brands, INNIO pushes beyond the possible and looks boldly toward tomorrow

We started out in 1760 as a marine classification society. Today, we’re one of the world’s leading providers of professional services for engineering and technology – improving safety and increasing the performance of critical infrastructures for clients in over 75 countries worldwide.

The profits we generate fund the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a charity which supports engineering-related research, education and public engagement around everything we do. All of this helps us stand by the purpose that drives us every single day: Working together for a safer world.

LMG Marin is one of World’s leading naval architect and ship design office. This position has been built up through more than 75 years experience in the maritime industry and more than 1000 vessels built worldwide since 1943. LMG Marin has developed an expertise with innovative projects and specialized ships. LNG, battery-powered ship , fuel-cells, wind-assistance solutions… The French office is based in Toulouse since 2013.

MEYER WERFT is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world. Cruise ships for international shipping companies have been built at our production and construction docks for several decades. Around 50 luxury liners have left our shipyard to date – and the next vessels are already under construction.

MUW has a long tradition in special machine construction, as a partner for sophisticated custom – made solutions in industrial automation and as a creative industrial partner in research and development.

We develop and implement reactor technology for Power-to-X technologies for the energy and climate change.

In cooperation with Fraunhofer IKTS, as a renowned research partner, we provide membrane reactors for highly efficient linking of reaction and material separation for demanding projects such as HyMethShip.

REVOLVE Group is dedicated to communicating about water, energy, ecosystems, mobility, and the circular economy. We provide communication support to EU-funded projects and we work closely with strategic partners to advance their sustainability projects.

REVOLVE group includes regional offices and national representatives that provide strategic communication and creative content solutions for sustainability projects.

SE.S is a start-up company, working in the fields of hydrogen storage and CO2 reduction in shipping since 2013. SE.S has developed the system setup of the proposed HyMethShip-propulsion system and holds the relevant basic patents on it.

Since the beginning of 2017, SE.S is working on a small scale pilot plant for high pressure hydrogen generation and high pressure carbon capture from methanol suited for using waste heat streams. The system setup of this plant is similar to the on-board hydrogen generation system in the HyMethShip project and, thus, represents a forerunner project of the propose HyMethShip propulsion system. The membrane reactors for this plant are also delivered by Fraunhofer IKTS, so already relevant cooperation relations between two technical research partners of the HyMethShip project are established there. Furthermore, the tests and operation of this pilot plant will provide basic data input for the technical design of the on-board hydrogen generation system within the HyMethShip-project.

Shell is an international energy company with expertise in the exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals.

Shell is working with customers and partners in the shipping industry to help accelerate decarbonisation towards a net-zero emissions future for shipping. ‘All Hands on Deck’ is a joint report by Shell and Deloitte which captures the industry view of how to decarbonise shipping. In ‘Setting Shell’s Course’ Shell outlines how it is contributing to progress on decarbonisation across the industry and the actions it is taking in its own shipping operations to lower emissions.

SSPA is a world-leading maritime knowledge-based company. SSPA has the vision to be recognised as the most rewarding partner for innovative and sustainable maritime development. Based on our clients’ reality, we create sustainable solutions to meet their challenges. Through commitment, integrity, insight and expertise, we facilitate our customers’ path to success.

SSPA is a dedicated partner that offers a wide range of maritime services, including ship design, energy optimisation, finding the most effective ways to interact with other types of transportation, and conducting maritime infrastructure studies together with safety and environmental risk assessments. Our experts have a broad range of knowledge and expertise and we use our resources such as databases, analysis and calculation capabilities, laboratories, collaborative platforms and skills to create value.

The Swedish Transport Agency is working to achieve good accessibility, high quality, secure and environmentally aware rail, air, sea and road transport. We have overall responsibility for drawing up regulations and ensuring that authorities, companies, organisations and citizens abide by them.

The Swedish Transport Agency was established on the 1st of January 2009.

TNO is a large Dutch organization for applied scientific research, working for public and private sectors in many areas of expertise. Sustainable Maritime and Offshore is addressed broadly, and includes engine technologies for alternative fuels, safe superstructures of vessels and efficient operations and logistics. TNO developed tools for real life monitoring of energy profiles and emissions of vehicles and ships. Other areas of expertise include the complete fuel chains including E-fuels (H2, synthetic fuels) and biofuels, and climate and air quality aspects.

With around 3,300 members, the VDMA is the largest network organisation and an important voice for the mechanical engineering industry in Germany and Europe.

Together with its member companies, the VDMA addresses the broad spectrum of topics in the mechanical and plant engineering industry in its trade associations, cross-sectional departments and working groups. In international committees and forums, the association is also active abroad to promote the interests of its members, supported by VDMA offices on site.

via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH was founded on January 1^st , 2005,  by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology for the preservation and development of the Danube waterway. The company was formed by the merger of Österreichische Donau-Betriebs AG, Österreichische Donau-Technik GmbH, viadonau – Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH für Telematik und Donauschifffahrt and the privatised Waterways Authority.

viadonau is a modern and efficiently run company that operates waterways and executes sovereign functions on behalf of the federal authorities with regard to waterways and waterway transport. In addition to the tasks of federal waterway administration and transport development, viadonau carries out pioneering work in the field of Integrated River Engineering, as well as operating a navigation information system called Danube River Information Services (DoRIS).

viadonau considers itself not only an infrastructure operator but also a competent business partner and service provider that ensures the availability of the Danube as a safe, high-capacity transport route. In co-operation with both national and international partners, viadonau implements innovative projects designed to increase safety and efficiency of inland waterway transport. Thus, the company contributes significantly to the safeguarding of business locations for Austrian companies as well as to the environmentally friendly management of future traffic volumes along the Danube corridor.

viadonau has a long history of working in R&D projects with the aim of modernizing inland navigation and defining the technologies and services of tomorrow.

The tasks and duties of viadonau are stipulated in the Waterways Act (Federal Law Gazette177/2004 of 30.12.2004).

The VSM represents the political and commercial interests of the German maritime industry, comprising shipyards building oceangoing and inland waterway vessels as well as marine equipment suppliers, classification societies, ship model basins and engineering consultants.

The responsibilities of the association include providing members with specialist advisory and support services and representing their interests in public and vis-à-vis political institutions. The VSM also promotes technical and commercial development in the shipbuilding and ocean industry in Germany and abroad.

The Association represents its members nationally and internationally.