Norway's Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) is throwing its weight behind a new project aimed at capturing and storing carbon emissions from ships.

The Oslo-listed owner of vessels that carry both wet and dry cargoes said it is teaming up with Sintef Energy Research to examine "solvent-based absorption technology".

The CCShip project aims to build on class society's DNV assessment that this technique is feasible and could cut vessel emissions by more than 50%.