Project to consider trans-Atlantic nuclear-powered cargo ships

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Project to consider trans-Atlantic nuclear-powered cargo ships

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/project-to-consider-trans-atlantic-nuclear-powered-cargo-ships

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Lloyd's Register, Maersk, and the ports of Charleston and Felixstowe have launched the Pink Corridor project to evaluate security and safeguard requirements for nuclear-powered container ships. The partnership will analyze the regulatory and operational frameworks necessary for these vessels to access major ports on a trans-Atlantic route.

This initiative addresses the non-technical barriers to maritime nuclear adoption, such as international regulatory alignment and port governance. As the shipping industry seeks to meet net-zero emission targets by 2050, this work provides a foundation for integrating small modular reactors into global trade. The project outcomes will help define future engineering and legislative requirements for civilian nuclear propulsion.

UK-based classification society and professional advisory service Lloyd's Register, Danish global shipping company AP Moller-Maersk, the USA's Port of Charleston and the UK's Port of Felixstowe are partnering to examine the security and safeguarding requirements for the theoretical trans-Atlantic deployment of nuclear-powered container ships. ;

The Pink Corridor project will focus on the security and safeguards considerations needed to inform future regulation and support the safe, secure and responsible adoption of nuclear power for commercial shipping between the Port of Charleston in South Carolina and the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, England. Centred on a conceptual nuclear-powered container ship, the partners will examine the requirements for theoretical port access on the specified route. Key areas of focus will include ship...

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