Following a successful delivery ceremony in Dalian, Northern Phoenix has departed for Øygarden where it will undergo commissioning and integration into operational activities. As part of the voyage, the ship made a scheduled stop in Tokyo to contribute to international knowledge sharing on large-scale CCS.

Northern Phoenix made a stop in Japan, where interest in CCS is accelerating rapidly. The country is investing in CCS as part of its decarbonisation strategy, and stakeholders are actively looking for models that demonstrate how large-scale CO2 value chains can work in practice.

Northern Lights represents a functioning, cross-border infrastructure for CO₂ transport and storage, already in operation. With a dedicated fleet of ships, a receiving terminal in Øygarden, and permanent storage under the North Sea, it stands as a state-of-the-art climate solution built on industrial collaboration.

“There are similarities between Norway and Japan, both great countries with a strong history in shipping. Today we are again looking to build a new industry based on shipping to provide cost effective and efficient transportation at scale”, says Tim Heijn, Managing Director of Northern Lights.

The visit in Japan was a targeted stakeholder event hosted in partnership with our shipping collaborator “K” LINE, where owners of Northern Lights, Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies, shared their ambitions in the Asian region. The aim was to share practical knowledge from the Northern Lights project: how it operates and what lessons can be drawn by countries and companies exploring similar initiatives. In connection with the visit to Japan, the Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo and the Global CCS Institute co-hosted a seminar on international CCS projects.

Northern Phoenix is dedicated to transporting CO₂ from Yara and plays a vital role in enabling the start of commercial operations. It is the third of four vessels in our dedicated fleet, with the fourth arriving in 2026.

 

About Northern Lights 

  • Northern Lights offers CO₂ transport and storage as a service.
  • Our mission is to enable the reduction and removal of industrial emissions in Europe.
  • Liquefied CO₂ from capture sites is shipped to our onshore receiving terminal in western Norway, before transported by pipeline for permanent storage in a reservoir 2,600 meters under the seabed.
  • Northern Lights is the first company to offer commercial CCS services.
  • The first phase of Northern Lights is part of Longship, the Norwegian Government’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project.
  • Northern Lights will transport and store CO₂ from two Norwegian industries; Heidelberg Materials’ cement factory in Brevik and the Hafslund Celsio’ waste-to-energy plant in Oslo.
  • In addition, the Northern Lights JV has signed commercial agreements with Yara in the Netherlands, Ørsted in Denmark, and Stockholm Exergi in Sweden.