As the maritime industry moves towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there is a critical need to explore alternative fuels. The Maritime Just Transition Task Force (MJTTF), in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretariat with support from Lloyd’s Register Foundation, has initiated a project to develop the training materials necessary for seafarers to safely use the new zero and near-zero GHG emission fuels and draft associated competency standards, as current competencies under the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code do not yet cover these areas specifically. The project is titled ‘Baseline Training Framework for Seafarers in Decarbonization’.
This consolidated report, produced by the MJTTF in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Ocean Stewardship Coalition, provides a distilled summary of the objectives, methodology, findings and conclusions acquired from a series of risk assessment workshops that engaged 116 participants and produced substantial considerations for three key alternative fuels - ammonia, methanol and hydrogen.
Made possible with the support of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and founding funder Lloyd’s Register Foundation, this report marks the completion of the first milestone of the MJTTF's development of a baseline training framework to equip seafarers with the skills required to safely use and manage these three alternative fuels onboard ships.