Cory Group (Cory) is aiming to be net zero by 2040 or sooner. Central to achieving this ambition is capturing carbon dioxide at its existing Energy from Waste site, Riverside 1 and its soon to be constructed adjacent site Riverside 2, located in Belvedere, South East London.
Once approved, this project will make a significant contribution to reducing the UK’s carbon emissions by capturing around 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 per year and transporting it for permanent sequestration in an offshore subsea storage site.
Challenge
Alongside the carbon capture technology itself, the Cory Decarbonisation Project comprises a new jetty and associated marine infrastructure that will enable captured CO2 to be transported by ship as Liquid Carbon Dioxide.
Solution
To ensure safety of navigation and shipping operations were considered throughout the pre-consent phases, engineering and design team (WSP) commissioned NASH Maritime to provide maritime advice and input.
As well as preparing a preliminary Navigation Risk Assessment (NRA), our specialist risk analysts and maritime consultants were engaged to:
• Review siting options for the new jetty from a navigation and safety perspective
• Undertake an assessment of navigation impacts to help optimise and inform concept design of the jetty and logistics for the marine
• Ship Bridge Simulations using a variety of tanker design vessels, to inform jetty design and location, as well as evaluate the impact of the project on passing vessels
• Manage stakeholder relationships with local maritime interested parties
• Consider the impacts of passing vessel interaction through mooring analysis to inform detailed design.
• Develop detailed passage plans for the new vessels
• Prepare a navigation risk assessment in accordance with the PLA risk assessment methodology to support its application for development consent.
The consent application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate in April 2024.
NASH Maritime continues to support the project team.
