A ship that achieves zero carbon emissions

Another “ship of the future” has been unveiled – this time from the drawing board of Yoshikazu Kawagoe, GM of the technical division’s ship planning and development group of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL). His image of a nextgeneration, environmentfriendly car carrier joins work on concepts for other next-generation vessels such as ferries, bulkships, tankers, and containerships. The conceptual car carrier has been named “ISHIN-1” – which is an acronym from “Innovations in Sustainability backed by Historically-proven, INtegrated technologies”. The sales features of the proposed vessel are pretty impressive. While in port, and during loading and unloading, she is designed to achieve zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. “It further develops the use of renewable energy for conventional car carriers,” Kawagoe told FTW, “and realises the zero emission goal by adopting large-capacity solar-power panels and rechargeable batteries.” Under way, the vessel reduces CO2 emissions by 50%. “It adopts multiple new technologies to greatly reduce the vessel’s burden on the environment,” Kawagoe added. These include use of renewable energy and optimisation of propulsion efficiency.