The MerVent 2025 project aims to develop the first commercial container ship with hybrid wind-assisted and synthetic fuel propulsion by 2025. Credit: Fredrick Filix / Unsplash.

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured €4.66m in funding from Bpifrance to design an on-board CO₂ capture system as part of the MerVent 2025 project.

The funding will also be used to develop intelligent operational performance solutions.

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The MerVent 2025 project’s objective is ‘to design, build and operate the first commercial container ship with hybrid wind-assisted and synthetic fuel propulsion by 2025’.

The project’s consortium consists of shipowner Zéphyr & Borée, wing-sails designer and manufacturer CWS, and research teams at the Centrale Nantes University that specialise in energy optimisation.

It also includes OSE Engineering, a GTT group subsidiary, who will be responsible for the design of intelligent operational performance solutions.

Within the framework of the project, GTT is engaged in the development of the on-board capture technology solution, which will capture at least 30% of CO₂ emissions from alternative fuels, helping to reduce CO₂ emissions by at least 50% for this type of vessel.

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The alternative fuel can be liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, e-LNG and bioLNG.

GTT chairman and CEO Philippe Berterottière said: “This design of a commercial container ship with hybrid wind-assisted propulsion and synthetic fuel is the forerunner of a new generation of carbon-free merchant ships thanks to a highly innovative ship design, a hybrid propulsion and an on-board CO₂ capture system adapted to the alternative fuels currently being considered by the shipping industry.

“We are proud to bring the know-how and experience of the GTT group to the development of a low environmental impact container ship.”

Last month, GTT won a contract from South Korea’s Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries to design tanks for two LNG carriers,