Following the recent announcement of four new CO₂ transport vessels, Northern Lights this week hosted representatives from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” LINE), MISC Berhad and Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore Co., Ltd., in Øygarden for a formal signing ceremony.

The ceremony marked the long-term charter agreement awarded to the consortium of “K” LINE and MISC, further expanding Northern Lights’ dedicated CO₂ shipping fleet. The agreement was signed by Tim Heijn, Managing Director of Northern Lights, together with Mr. Kanamori from “K” LINE and Mr. Zahid from MISC. The new vessel, with a cargo capacity of 12,000 m³, will support cross-border transport of CO₂ from commercial customers in Europe and are to be delivered for start-up of charter services to Northern Lights in the period from second half of 2028 to first half of 2029. A second vessel will be awarded to the same consortium in April 2026.

The expanded fleet aligns with signed customer agreements and Northern Lights’ Phase 2 development, which will increase transport and storage capacity to more than 5 million tonnes of CO₂ per year.

In addition to the ceremony, the programme included a status update on phase 2 progress at Øygarden, as well as a tour of the facility and the Northern Pathfinder.  Construction activities for Northern Lights’ expansion phase 2 are advancing as planned, with onshore expansion works well underway to accommodate increased volumes. With additional vessels entering service from 2028 onwards, Northern Lights continues to build capacity to meet growing demand from European emitters.

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About Northern Lights

  • Northern Lights offers CO₂ transport and storage as a service and started first injection of liquid CO₂ for permanent storage in August 2025.
  • 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 JV is a registered, incorporated General Partnership with Shared Liability (DA) owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell.
  • 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.