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  • Decarbonize shipping: alternative fuel costs?

    Decarbonize shipping: alternative fuel costs?

    This data-file screens the costs of alternative shipping fuels, such as LNG, blue methanol, blue ammonia, renewable diesel, green methanol, green ammonia, hydrogen and e-fuels versus marine diesel. Shipping costs rise between 10% to 3x, inflating the ultimate costs of products by 0.1-30%, for CO2 abatement costs of $130-1,000/ton. We still prefer CO2 removals.

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  • Liquefied CO2 carriers: CO2 shipping costs?

    Liquefied CO2 carriers: CO2 shipping costs?

    This model captures the economics of a CO2 carrier, i.e., a large marine vessel, carrying liquefied CO2, at -50ยบC temperature and 6-10 bar pressure, for CCS. A good rule of thumb is seaborne CO2 shipping costs are $8/ton/1,000-miles. Shipping rates of $100k/day yield a 10% IRR on a c$150M tanker.

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  • Bulk shipping: cost breakdown?

    Bulk shipping: cost breakdown?

    Bulk carriers move 5GTpa of commodities around the world, explaining half of all seaborne global trade. This model is a breakdown of bulk shipping cost. We estimate a cost of $2.5 per ton per 1,000-miles, and a CO2 intensity of 5kg per ton per 1,000-miles. Marine scrubbers increasingly earn their keep and uplift IRRs from…

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  • LNG transport: shipping economics?

    LNG transport: shipping economics?

    This data-file breaks down the cost of shipping cryogenic cargoes in seaborne tankers. LNG costs $1-3/mcf. The most important input variable is transport distance. Although switching to e-fuels (green hydrogen, ammonia, methanol) can double total cost.

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  • Container ships versus trucks and trains

    Container ships versus trucks and trains

    This data-file tabulates the impressive fuel economy of container vessels, as a function of their size and speed.ย The best examples are 2x more efficient than typical trains and 20x more efficient than typical trucks.ย Hence, even as the OECD consumes 4kg per person per day of goods shipped from overseas, these container ships account for c0.25%…

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  • Global shipping and the switch from fuel oil?

    Global shipping and the switch from fuel oil?

    The 240MTpa shipping-fuels market will be disrupted from 2020, under IMO sulphur regulations. Hence, this data-file breaks down the worldโ€™s 100,000-vessel shipping fleet into 13 distinct categories. We see 40-60MTpa upside to LNG demand from 2040.

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  • LNG as a Shipping Fuel: the Economics

    LNG as a Shipping Fuel: the Economics

    This data-file provides line-by-line cost estimates for LNG as a shipping fuel, for trucked LNG, small-scale LNG and bunkered LNG. After IMO 2020 regulations buoy diesel pricing, it should be economical to fuel newbuild ships with small-scale LNG; and in the US it should be economical to convert pre-existing ships to LNG.ย 

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  • Distribution Costs: Ships, Trucks, Trains and Delivery Vans?

    Distribution Costs: Ships, Trucks, Trains and Delivery Vans?

    Distributing goods to the typical US consumer costs 1.5bbls of fuel, 600kg of CO2 and $1,000 per annum. The costs will increase 20-40% in the next decade, as the share of online retail doubles to c20%, hence new technologies are needed in last-mile delivery. This data-file provides a full breakdown of the numbers, across container-ships,…

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  • LNG shipping: company screen?

    LNG shipping: company screen?

    This data-file is a screen of LNG shipping companies, quantifying who has the largest fleet of LNG carriers and the cleanest fleet of LNG carriers (i.e., low CO2 intensity). Many private companies are increasingly backed by private equity. Many public companies have dividend yields of 4-9%.

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  • Carbon capture on ships: raising a sail?

    Carbon capture on ships: raising a sail?

    CCS is adapting to โ€˜go to seaโ€™. 80% of some shipsโ€™ CO2 emissions could be captured for a cost of c$100/ton and an energy penalty of just 5%, albeit this is the best case within a broad range. This 15-page note explores the opportunity, challenges, progress and who might benefit.

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