The Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) technology is emerging as one of the potential technical solutions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping.
To support this development, IMO’s Future Fuels and Technology (FFT) Project is organizing the Technical Seminar on Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS) Systems.
Date: 11 September 2025
Time: 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
Place: in person at IMO Headquarters, London.
The event aims to enhance the understanding of the latest developments in OCCS technology, infrastructure readiness and relevant environmental, safety and human element perspectives.
This is part of broader work supporting the development of a regulatory framework for the use of onboard carbon capture and storage, as as outlined in the work plan approved by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83).
Programme
Please find the programme here and key points below.
- IMO’s Ongoing work on Onboard Carbon Capture Systems (OCCS)
- Developing solutions for OCCS: insights from real-ship projects in safety, operation, and regulation
- Experience with the use of OCCS onboard Clipper Eris
- Unlocking the carbon value chain: operationalising offloading, transport and offtake of onboard captured CO₂
- An alternative approach to onboard carbon capture: turning CO₂ into limestone
- Onboard carbon capture – key considerations and challenges
- Onboard carbon capture: applications and perspectives
- The potential role of onboard carbon capture in decarbonization of shipping
- Onshore-to-onboard decarbonization: targeting emissions reductions in the conventional maritime system
- Onboard carbon capture implementation: lessons learned from the EverLoNG demonstrations
Participation and Registration
The seminar will be held in-person at IMO Headquarters, with hybrid support for remote participation and livestreamed on the IMO Youtube Channel.
Registration deadline: 5 September 2025.
Participants from IMO Member States and Observer Organizations should register via: https://forms.office.com/e/6NUpPxVjNr.
Other participants, including media, should register via: https://forms.office.com/e/TvceKnV5K8