Sweden’s FKAB Marine Design has won Approval in Principle (AiP) from class society RINA for an LNG-fuelled MR tanker that would produce hydrogen as a fuel onboard and offer a reduction of more than 70% in CO2 emissions.

RINA, which conceived the design, said the propulsion system is based on combining the ship’s LNG fuel with steam in a gas reformer to split LNG molecules into hydrogen and CO2.