Shipping in Equinor

The Equinor shipping fleet

Our seaborne transportation of crude, gas liquids and LNG volumes involves more than 4300 voyages worldwide per year and moves over 100 million tonnes annually.

Today, over 150 ships are at work collecting and transporting oil, fetching and bringing equipment and providing emergency standby services just for Equinor – an enormous number of transport movements.

• 14 newbuildings were put into operation in Equinor’s shipping fleet in 2020, most in the North Sea and two in Brazil.
• Equinor’s ambitions in offshore wind will be yet another driver for greener shipping.
• Viking Energy is the world’s first ammonia-powered supply vessel and the first in Equinor’s fleet to be powered by LNG.
• The ocean, and the expertise associated with it, is one of Equinor’s priority areas. Green shipping is a natural part of this commitment.

The vessels are equipped with new carbon-efficient technologies such as dual fuel LNG, LVOC (Liquified Volatile Organic Compounds) to be blended with LNG as fuel, and large hybrid batteries.

A wide variety of measures are employed to reduce emissions from our logistical operations:

• Planning efficient sailing routes and optimal utilisation of vessels and helicopters
• Fuel consumption as one of the evaluation criteria in awarding new vessel contracts.
• We have introduced requirements in our long-term contracts stating that supply vessels must have hybrid battery operation and be prepared for shore power.
• Incentives in the vessel contracts to reduce fuel consumption: shipowners are paid if their emissions are lower than agreed, and they must pay a surcharge if their emissions are higher than agreed.