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Sea transportation is a key component of the globalised economy with over 90% of the world’s trade carried by sea. According to European Commission’s Climate Action (1), the global maritime transport emits around 1 000 million tonnes of CO2, 15 million tonnes of sulphur oxides (SOx), and 25 million tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NOx) annually. Learn More
Air pollution from the Marine Industry impacts the health of EU citizens, particularly near major shipping lines and has significant environmental impact Learn More
The International Maritime Organization has set standards to control emissions from commercial ships: these require reductions of Sulphur Oxide (SOx), by 85%, and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), by 80%, by 2020. Learn More
The most feasible current solution combines catalyst technology, to reduce NOx, and a switch to expensive, low sulphur content fuel, to reduce SOx. Whilst the low sulphur content fuel meets the regulations for the ships there is additional CO2 resulting from the refining.
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The alternative solution is scrubbers but from an environmental perspective, the currently available scrubbers meet the regulations to reduce air pollution but discharge the captured SOx into the ocean, which contributes to the acidification of the ocean. Learn More
Daphne Technology, a Swiss-Swedish cleantech company, has developed a pollution conversion innovation, that upcycles pollutants into useful products. This brings financial benefits and enables shipowners to comply with various regulations while keeping Clean Air and Clean Seas.
Daphne Technology is currently in the process of delivering first systems and soliciting investment from maritime firms. The costs of compliance with the IMO regulations were estimated in 2019 by Golden Sachs to be $250 billion.
With accelerated climate change, the international community is looking into regulating more seaborne pollutants, like methane, ammonia, black carbon, VOC, and more. We at Daphne Technology, have a future agnostic technology that tackles multiple toxic emissions.
The current pace and intensity of environmental regulations faced by the shipping industry have never been greater. By adopting a technology first and regulatory agnostic approach, ship owners and operators have a pragmatic solution that challenges the operational shortcomings of incumbent air pollution abatement technologies. We, at Daphne Technology, explain our contribution to this evolution.
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Our CEO, Dr. Mario Michan, shares with the magazine Marine Log his thoughts on the urgency to reduce the exhaust gas ship air pollution and re-thinks today’s technology options.
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Early Metrics, assesses the growth potential of innovative ventures of startups and innovative SMEs. They have awarded Daphne Technology with top 30% score among 3500+ rated companies! Daphne Technology has a ‘full mastery of all […]
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