World's first fuel cell ship - tour/presentation in Copenhagen

Welcome on board the offshore supply vessel Viking Lady and a cleaner future for shipping. Join us
16 December, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), for a press tour of the first and only ship with a fuel cell integrated as part of its power generation.

The Viking Lady will be docked at a unique location in Central Copenhagen, surrounded by the city's new playhouse, opera and old dock storages.

Compared with vessels that operate on traditional fuels, the CO2 emissions reduction provided by the Viking Lady's groundbreaking technology equals annual emissions from 22,000 cars. The ship's marine adapted fuel cell significantly reduces emissions to air, and has the added advantage of operating very quietly in busy harbors. The Viking Lady's LNG (liquid natural gas) operated engines emit no smoke or sulphur and reduces CO2 emissions by 20% and NOx emissions by 85%, supported by extremely advanced systems integration.

Some 85 percent of global trade is transported on board ships. As most ships operate on CO2 emission intensive fuels, pollution from shipping substantially contributes to dangerous climate change. Annually, CO2 emissions from shipping exceed 1 billion tons per year, or around 3% of total global CO2 emissions.

But reduced emissions from the shipping industry are within sight. There are significant opportunities for the shipping industry to clean up by making use of already existing technologies and by developing new technology. The ship classifier DNV has conservatively estimated a latent potential for emission reduction of up to 25% for the existing fleet, which could translate into annual reductions of more than 250 million tons of CO2. The potential for emission reduction in new buildings is even higher.

The Viking Lady is a beacon of that cleaner future for shipping, and a very tangible example of a range of solutions that could help the shipping industry clean up. Welcome on board!

Media event:

         Time: 16 December 2009, around midday - exact time to be announced later

         Place: At Kvæsthusmolen pier in Central Copenhagen

         Content: Technology brief, tour of the ship, access to key technologists and executives from the R&D project FellowSHIP, i.e. the partners behind Viking Lady's groundbreaking technology; the shipowner Eidesvik, ship designers/power electronics developer Wärtsilä and classifier DNV.

Registration: Due to ISPS requirements, preregistration to the event is required. Please send name and name of publication/company to press@vikinglady.no.

FACTS Viking Lady

Delivery:                  2009

Length:                     92.2m

Width:                       21m

Depth:                       7.6m

Gross tonnage:         6100t

Dead weight:            5900t

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