Eco-friendly cargo ship firm invited to Downing Street
Gordon Brown said: "Our transition to a low-carbon economy will be a key driver of our future economic prosperity - B9 Shipping is at the forefront of this transformation."
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B9 Shipping is creating a new industry sector in uncertain times offering sustainable improvements on climate change, sustainable jobs and regional economic revival while contributing to the well being of both the UK and the global community.
B9 Shipping is developing fossil fuel free 3000dwt commercially competitive - in price and performance - motor sailing coasters, to service coastal markets around the world and to assist small island developing economies adapt and mitigate against climate change.
B9 Ships are powered by a combination of proven technologies – conventional soft sails and biogas marine engines.
We believe working together accelerates solutions to environmental challenges. Go to our Collaborative Network page to read about the organisations supporting this initiative.
B9 Ships provide a fossil fuel free link in the transport chain for the emerging biomass power generation sector. For more information on how B9 Shipping can support biomass generators click here.
The B9 Energy Group has been developing clean energy solutions since 1992. B9 Energy O&M Ltd is the UK and Ireland’s largest independent operator / maintainer of wind farms. Having pioneered the use of wind turbines onshore B9 and partners are developing significant offshore wind power generation capabilities and are key collaborators in developing tidal and wave generation solutions in marine renewables. B9 Organic is leading the field in anaerobic digestion (AD) as a means of making vehicle fuel from food waste – biogas. B9 generated Biogas provides non fossil fuel for the marine engines.
By applying its inspirational engineering capacities and deep experience to the impending crisis in shipping B9 has developed, over 20 years, a technically straightforward marine solution that harnesses abundant available wind power with soft sails, combined with a straightforward biogas powered engine, to create simple to build, simple to operate, commercially viable, reliable coasters.
Multiple steel hulls in manufacture
The global maritime industry accounts for 4% of global emissions and has yet to be subject to global emissions agreements. Unstable and increasing oil prices make the future of global sea trade increasingly unpredictable. In readiness for long awaited international action to curb Greenhouse gas emissions from ships, through “cap and trade” mechanisms, B9 Shipping’s future proof coasters can swiftly be brought to market greatly benefiting UK PLC in the carbon restrained economy we all face.
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