Gard is happy to announce that they have entered into partnerships with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in Denmark.
As decarbonisation transforms the maritime industries, ship owners will increasingly have to convert their operations to alternative fuels and low-carbon technologies, exposing them to new risks and operational challenges.
As a leading marine insurer, Gard wants to support the industry in this transition. That is why Gard has entered into partnership agreements with two global decarbonisation centres:
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD)
GCMD aims to help the industry eliminate GHG emissions, by shaping standards for future fuels
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) is a non-profit organisation set up in Singapore on 1 August 2021, by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), BHP, BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Foundation Det Norske Veritas, Ocean Network Express and Sembcorp Marine.
GCMD aims to help the industry eliminate GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, by shaping standards for future fuels, financing first-of-a-kind projects, piloting low-carbon solutions - end-to-end - under real-world operating conditions, and collaborating across sectors.
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is a not-for-profit, independent research and development (R&D) centre, working across the energy and shipping sectors with the industry, academia, and authorities.
With partners, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping explores viable decarbonisation pathways, facilitates the development and implementation of new energy technologies, builds confidence in new concepts and their supply chains, and accelerates the transition, by defining and maturing viable strategic pathways to the required systemic change.
Collaboration with global partners
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is based in Copenhagen, but works with partners globally. It was founded in 2020 and is supported by a total donation of DKK 720 million from the A.P. Moller Foundation.
Strategic partners include American Bureau of Shipping, Alfa Laval, A.P. Moller - Maersk, bp, CF Industries. Cargill, DP World, Equinor, Hapag-Lloyd, John Swire & Sons, MAN Energy Solutions, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsui, DS NORDEN, NYK Line, Rio Tinto, Royal Caribbean Group, Seaspan Corporation, Siemens Energy, Stolt Tankers, Sumitomo Corporation, Topsoe, TotalEnergies, and V.Group.