German-Norwegian workshop on digitalisation and decarbonisation in the maritime sector

Jan 30

“I am thrilled to represent an important part of the Norwegian maritime sector in our joint efforts towards reducing emissions from the maritime sector”

— Martin Hennum

Tomorrow Martin Hennum is off to Hamburg to meet the rest of Team Norway and key players from the maritime business in Germany, all thanks to our partners in the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce.

Norway and Germany are working closely together at all levels to build the new hydrogen value chain in Europe. The maritime sector has a huge potential in cutting emissions from their own vessels and operations, as well as from being a partner in transporting hydrogen and ammonia from Norway to the European continent and building the much-needed infrastructure on land and in ports.

The Ocean Hyway Cluster has members and partners who are working on all levels within the value chain, and the projects the cluster are involved in are key in developing a fully functional value chain:

The world’s first Ammonia Fuel Bunkering Network
Ammonia-fuelled bulk ship Viridis Bulk Carriers
Retrofitting of ships into low emissions in the Retro-fit project

But it’s not all about ships and the maritime, even road contractors may use hydrogen from our member #NorwegianHydrogen to create emission-free asphalt: Veidekke and Norwegian Hydrogen sign contract for supply of green hydrogen to asphalt production

Together with our strong technical team and our almost 80 members, we strongly believe that Norwegian companies can partner up with large maritime and industrial players in Europe to cut emissions fast in the next few years. Germany is key in achieving these goals, and we are looking forward to this week in Hamburg but also to participate at the #Hannovermesse in April!