Invitation to workshop at DNV 6th of March 2025 – Addressing the cost gap for green shipping corridors

As part of the Nordic Roadmap – Future Fuels for Shipping project we would like to invite you to a 1-day workshop to discuss the role of public funding to support the realization of the first Nordic Green Shipping Corridors – zero emission shipping routes between Nordic countries. The workshop will bring together industry stakeholders working to realize green shipping corridors in the Nordic countries, private financial institutions, and public entities in the Nordic countries providing funding. The workshop is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers and supported by the Green Shipping programme.  

Date: 6th of March, 2025

Time: 10:00-16:00

Location: Big Blue 1&2, DNV, Veritasveien 1 Høvik, Norway

Deadline for registration: 14th of February 2025

Workshop agenda

Time	What
9:30	Coffee, tea, refreshments
10:00	Welcome and introduction to the workshop – Purpose and agenda for workshop (Eirill Bachmann Mehammer, DNV) – Nordic perspective – realization of green shipping corridors (Sveinung Oftedal, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment) – Nordic Green Shipping Corridors Phase II project (Øyvind Endresen, DNV)
10:30	Part 1 Existing funding opportunities for green shipping corridors – Overview of Nordic public funding opportunities for green shipping corridors (Ole Kristian Sollie, DNV) – Opportunities in Sweden (Björn Garberg, Trafikverket) – Opportunities in Denmark (Trine Berg Hansen, DMA) – Opportunities in Finland (Ilkka Homanen, Business Finland and Miska Kuhalampi, Finnvera) – Opportunities in Norway (Rune Holmen, Enova) – Cross-Nordic opportunities (Ditte Stiler, Nordic Energy Research) – EU opportunities (Jaap Gebraad, Waterborne Technology Platform) – Examples of private financing opportunities (Gjermund Grimsby, KLP)
12:00	LUNCH
13:00	Part 2 Industry perspective – Identified cost gaps from actual green corridor projects – Nordic Roadmap case study Umeå – Vaasa (Catarina Fant, Wasaline)  – Nordic Roadmap case study Gothenburg – Frederikshavn (Julia Hansson, IVL)  – Yara Eyde (Yang Zhang, Yara) – Experiences from the Norwegian Green Shipping Programme (Magnus Eide, DNV)
14:00	Part 3 Interactive session – Public funding of the first Nordic green shipping corridors – Workshop participants discuss potential ways of addressing the cost gap for a green shipping corridor through public funding and financing
15:00	Coffee and tea refill, refreshments
15:15	Plenary discussion and closure – Findings from the interactive session are presented and discussed in a plenary discussion – Closing remarks
16:00	End of workshop