Shipping - Climate Protection
Hamburg Express
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Hapag-Lloyd has a long tradition of using ultra-modern ships with state-of-the-art technology. Hapag-Lloyd therefore carries out research in co-operation with leading European mechanical engineering companies and universities with the aim of further reducing the emissions of its global shipping operations and to make a positive contribution to climate protection.
Hapag-Lloyd chose to install main engines with electronic injection and valve regulation in its 8,400 and 8,750 TEU container ships (TEU = Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit, containers measuring 20’ x 8’ x 8’). This makes it the first shipping company in the world to run engines of this size with such advanced technology.
Because of their more economical fuel consumption, these engines operate even cleaner than the preceding generation of engines to again significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides. Hapag-Lloyd thus complies much earlier than necessary with the environmental stipulations for shipping emissions defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
Innovative technologies, particularly exhaust emissions, are discussed in national and international technical and research committees to elaborate joint environmental and emissions reports.
Hapag-Lloyd co-operates with European plant engineering companies and universities as part of the “Hercules” research project funded by the European Union (High-Efficiency Engine R&D on Combustion with Ultra-Low Emissions for Ships). The project aims to reduce the emissions of global shipping even further and simultaneously improve engine reliability and efficiency.