Charting a cleaner course

Norway is a true innovator – solutions are tested and proven, lowering risk, emissions, operating expenses, as well as allowing shipowners to comply with international regulations and meet IMO and zero-emission targets by 2050.

Norway doesn’t rest on its maritime traditions. Norwegian companies move quickly from innovation to proof-of-concept to implementation. These solutions are developed and delivered to the global maritime market, increasing Norwegian export.

Norway is a leader in maritime solutions steering towards a net-zero emission goal by 2025 by spearheading development within maritime electrification, zero-emission ports, autonomous vessels and technology, and vessels powered by alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia.

The Norwegian maritime ecosystem is rich and varied, made up of both larger players and smaller suppliers that collaborate and challenge one another to develop novel, greener solutions.

This is illustrated via three cases in a new film about Norway. Watch the individual chapters below.

Meet Captain Ståle Aarstrand on board the electric ferry MF Hinnøy travelling the Bognes–Lødingen route in North Norway.

Torghatten is an innovative operator and first mover in electrification of domestic passenger ferries. The Hinnøy was designed by The Norwegian Ship Design Company, built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey and features a wide range of equipment from Norwegian suppliers, including outer doors from Libra-Plast, watertight sliding doors from IMS, vacuum pumps and toilets from Jets Vacuum, and HVAC systems from Teknotherm Marine.

Video to come

Meet Øyvind Gjerde Kamsvåg, Chief Designer at Ulstein Group, who explains how the company’s fuel-saving X-BOW® hull design came to be.

The company is located in Ulsteinvik in the Møre & Romsdal region, where there is a huge maritime cluster that includes suppliers of all types of ship’s equipment, technology and systems as well as a number of shipyards and designers.

Meet Gerry Larsson-Fedde, Chief Operating Officer at Hurtigruten, who gives us a look at the company’s ambitious Sea Zero project. The goal? To develop a ship that can operate with zero emissions in normal operations along the Norwegian coastline by 2030.

In partnership with the research organisation SINTEF and several maritime players in Norway, Hurtigruten is exploring cutting-edge, energy-efficient solutions for batteries, propulsion, sails, hotel operations and more.