Direct Ocean Capture Technology Hitachi, MOL, JAL to Conduct Japan’s First Pilot Test of CO2 Removal TechnologyRelated Vendor Hitachi Metals Europe GmbHUnder a MOU signed between Hitachi, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Japan Airlines Co., the three parties will jointly conduct Japan's first pilot test of the Direct Ocean Capture technology, a technology that directly separates and captures CO2 dissolved in seawater, on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture. Rendered image of the container-type pilot test facility and the pilot test site. Specifically, the test will use containerized pilot equipment installed on land on Kume Island, taking in seawater to separate CO2. *1 Japan's first: As a DOC pilot test using pilot equipment connected to a seawater intake system, drawing in, processing, and discharging seawater from actual sea areas.