Green maritime project gets UK funding

The objective is to reduce carbon dioxide and pollutants from vessels while alongside.

STAX Engineering and Seabound will deliver PortZero at Associated British Ports Southampton under a UK Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) award of circa e£1.1 million.

The project, titled Enabling Zero-Emission Ports via Carbon and Air Pollution Capture from Berthed Vessels, will integrate Seabound’s carbon capture unit on a STAX emissions-capture barge.

The mobile barge removes up to 99% of particulate matter and 95% of nitrogen oxides, while Seabound’s unit captures up to 95% of carbon dioxide and 90% of sulphur.

The system is scheduled to debut at ABP Southampton with vessels from Lomar Shipping.

STAX engineering chief executive Mike Walker said in a statement that the UK award shows demand for a solution that does not “force ports to choose between operational efficiency and environmental responsibility.”

He added, “Clean air cannot wait, and with this technology, it does not have to.”

Seabound was recently featured in The Green Miles' Innovations in Motion series.