Mr. Zhao Yan, President of China Classification Society (CCS), recently led a delegation to visit Danish Shipping, where the team held talks with Executive Director Ms. Nina Porst and Technical Affairs Representative Mr. Per Winther Christensen. The two sides held in-depth discussions on the green transition of shipping, the safety of new technologies applied to vessels, developments in China’s shipbuilding market, and cooperation between the Chinese and Danish shipping industries—further strengthening communication channels and promoting mutual trust and practical cooperation in the maritime sector between China and Denmark.

Source: CCS

About Danish Shipping 

Danish Shipping is the core industry organization of the Danish shipping sector. It is deeply involved in policy discussions and rule-making related to maritime affairs at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the European Union, and plays a significant role in the global green transition of shipping.

Key Discussion Points 

During the talks, Ms. Nina Porst outlined Danish Shipping’s core functions in serving the domestic shipping industry and participating in national, EU, and IMO affairs. She also set out the association’s strategic priorities: maintaining the quality of the Danish flag, enhancing industry resilience, and advancing maritime talent development. She expressed the hope that the IMO would establish a globally unified and actionable framework for greenhouse gas emission reductions, avoiding fragmentation of regional regulations.

CCS presented its global service network and technical capabilities in green ships, smart ships, digital survey, and risk management for new technologies, and shared the latest developments in China’s shipbuilding market and the construction capabilities of Chinese shipyards. The two sides also held in-depth discussions on ship recycling and retrofitting, building a full value chain for onboard carbon capture, and classification rules and safety assessments for vessels powered by alternative fuels such as methanol and ammonia.

Danish Shipping expressed interest in CCS’s practices for verifying new ship designs through technical means such as rules and standards, quantitative risk assessment, testing and simulation, and digital twins, and hoped to learn more about the implementation and operational outcomes of relevant pilot projects in China. Both sides agreed that the industrial application of onboard carbon capture technology requires a coordinated approach covering the entire value chain—from onboard capture to shore-based reception, transportation, utilization, and storage.

Source: CCS

Both sides also reached a consensus to further deepen communication and collaboration, building on the existing foundation of Sino-Danish maritime technical cooperation and industry networks.

Participants

The meeting was also attended by Mr. Hong Bo, General Manager of CCS International Classification Service Development Department; Mr. Yue Mengqiang, Deputy General Manager of CCS Dalian Branch; Ms. Sun Qun, Deputy Director of CCS Shanghai Rules & Research Institute; Mr. Li Shuxian, Marketing Manager of the Hamburg Branch; and Mr. Yu Hui, Manager of CCS Copenhagen Office.