Nordic Roadmap – status update May 2025

We are now nearing the end of the Nordic roadmap project (2022-2025), but we are hoping for a continuation of this important work in a new project. During the project period, the Nordic collaboration platform increased to more than 70 partners.

The main outcome of the Nordic roadmap project was the development and handover of the Fuel transition roadmap for Nordic shipping in December 2024, using results from the deliverables listed below. The roadmap aims to accelerate the fuel transition for Nordic shipping, specifying 20 actions needed to tackle the identified barriers related to demand and cost, fuel availability, and technology and safety. Other key achievements in the Nordic roadmap project have been a complete proposal for ammonia fuel guidelines submitted to the IMO in 2023 from the Nordic countries, supporting the development of global safety regulations. Work has also been done on hydrogen fuel safety. In addition, the project has recently finalized green shipping corridor pilot studies in the Nordics, where the reports have been made available on the project website: 

  • Esbjerg-Immingham, focusing on ammonia, with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners as pilot owner  
  • Oslo-Rotterdam, focusing on hydrogen, with Port of Oslo as pilot owner 

Collaboration has been made with the Nordic pilot project for the establishment of green shipping corridors – Phase I and II (deliverables listed in the table below). This includes findings from the workshop “Addressing the cost gap” held in march 2025, and a new overview of existing public funding and financing opportunities relevant for Nordic green shipping corridors and their stakeholders, the Nordic Corridor Funding Database.  

During Nor-Shipping, the Nordic roadmap project in collaboration with DNV and the Green Shipping Programme is organising panel discussions on 4th June at Lekter’n, Oslo, addressing the future of shipping – fuels, finance, and feasibility. There is no registration for this event – first come, first served. Hope to see you there! 

Nordic roadmap eventsNordic roadmap deliverables
Kick-off in Oslo, Nov 2022Screening of sustainable zero-carbon fuels, Oct 2022
Workshop in Helsinki, May 2023AIS analysis of Nordic ship traffic, Oct 2022
Workshop in Reykjavik, Oct 2023Insight on green shipping corridors – from policy ambitions to realization, Nov 2022
Webinar, Nov 2023State of play – status on regulatory development for zero-carbon fuels, Dec 2022
Webinar, March 2024Fuel properties and their consequences for safety and operability, Dec 2022
Workshop in Gothenburg, April 2024Life cycle assessment of marine fuels in the Nordic region, Feb 2023
Conference in Copenhagen, Dec 2024Infrastructure and bunkering challenges for zero carbon fuels, Feb 2023
Workshop in Oslo, March 2025 (Phase II of the Nordic pilot project)Base document for draft interim guidelines for the safety of ships using ammonia as fuel, March 2023
Webinar, April 2025 (Phase II of the Nordic pilot project)Intra-Nordic green shipping corridor candidates, May 2023 (Phase I of the Nordic pilot project)
Review of draft interim guidelines for ships using hydrogen as fuel, Aug 2023
Fuel transition roadmap for Nordic shipping, Dec 2024
Potential green shipping corridors between the Nordic region and neighbouring countries, Feb 2025 (Phase II of the Nordic pilot project)
Funding opportunities for Nordic green shipping corridors, March 2025 (Phase II of the Nordic pilot project)
Memo from workshop – addressing the cost gap March 2025 (Phase II of the Nordic pilot project)

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