• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines signed an MOU with Hitachi, Japan Airlines for Japan’s first Direct Ocean Capture CO2 removal pilot on Kume Island, Okinawa.
• Project uses containerized onshore equipment to intake seawater, separate dissolved CO2, then discharge processed water to assess operational, environmental performance.
• Hitachi to measure energy use, captured CO2, seawater chemistry to support MRV data for carbon credits.
• MOL to coordinate local stakeholder engagement, site readiness through its partnership with Kumejima Town.
• Companies target future scaling, including using captured CO2 as feedstock for synthetic aviation fuel such as E-SAF.

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