3678 results found for 'methanol'

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  • Wuhu Shipyard wins deal for methanol-powered chemical tankers

    25 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Chinese shipbuilder Wuhu Shipyard has signed a contract with RFOcean, a London-based alternative investment and commercial management firm focusing on the maritime industry, for the construction of four 6,600-ton methanol dual-fuel stainless steel chemical tankers. This series of ships represents an upgrade from the 6,600-ton DC electric push duplex stainless steel intelligent chemical tankers previously […]

  • OCI Global to supply X-Press Feeders with green methanol after Maersk success

    28 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global will supply Singapore-based shipping company X-Press Feeders with OCI HyFuels green methanol for their new-build methanol dual-fueled common feeder ships. OCI Global said that this was the first green methanol deal with a feeder container carrier, representing a crucial step in the decarbonization of the shipping chain, […]

  • Trafigura to learn the ropes on using methanol with dual-fuel tanker chartered from Waterfront Shipping & Clean Sea

    7 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Canada’s Waterfront Shipping, a subsidiary of Methanex, the world’s largest producer, and supplier of methanol, has entered into a time-charter agreement with Trafigura for a methanol dual-fuel tanker. Under the agreement, Trafigura will operate the co-owned Waterfront Shipping and Clean Sea medium-range product tanker, Mari Innovator, as part of its global network of vessels used […]

  • Icelandic-German collab to convert emissions into green methanol for ships

    12 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Icelandic energy company Landsvirkjun and German investment company PCC SE have agreed to jointly explore the possibility of capturing and utilising carbon emissions that will be used to produce green methanol for ships.

  • Waterfront Shipping Orders Six

    9 December 2013

    Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. has reached an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S (WL) and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest to build six new ships, with an option for building an additional three, all to be delivered during 2016. These 50,000 dead weight tonne vessels will be built with MAN ME-LGI flex fuel […]

  • Ocean Yield snaps up third methanol-ready containership

    4 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian shipowning company Ocean Yield AS has agreed to purchase a 5,500 TEU newbuilding container vessel under construction at HJ Shipbuilding, Korea.

  • Dutch Maritime Firms to Jointly Study Methanol as Marine Fuel

    21 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Dutch shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers and ports to jointly study methanol as a marine fuel.

  • KR backs methanol-fueled MR tanker jointly developed with Korean partners

    7 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Korean Register (KR) has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a methanol-fueled MR tanker, jointly developed by KR, South Korean shipbuilder K Shipbuilding and equipment manufacturer S&SYS. The MR tanker is designed as a dual-fuel vessel, harnessing the power of marine gas oil (MGO) and methanol, and it incorporates two methanol fuel tanks positioned […]

  • Terntank orders new wind/methanol-ready hybrid tankers

    30 November 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Swedish shipping company Terntank is continuing its journey towards fossil-free operation with an order for two plus two new wind assistance and methanol-ready tankers. On 29 November, the company said it placed an order for the 15,000 dwt tankers at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, Yangzhou. The vessels are designed by Norwegian technology firm Kongsberg and […]

  • Berge Bulk, ABS to explore retrofitting bulker to run on methanol

    24 April 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    American classification society ABS and Singapore-based shipping company Berge Bulk (BB) have signed a joint development project (JDP) to evaluate the feasibility of converting a bulk vessel to methanol fuel propulsion.

  • Wärtsilä to equip world’s first methanol-fueled hybrid RoRo vessels

    13 September 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    The world’s first methanol-fueled hybrid RoRo vessels, being built at the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) for the Swedish shipping company Stena RoRo, will use technology group Wärtsilä’s solutions. Specifically, Wärtsilä will supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two vessels, with each vessel to be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines capable […]

  • World’s 1st green methanol-powered containership docks in Egypt

    17 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    The world’s first containership powered by green methanol has reached East Port Said, Egypt, its third bunkering stop on its maiden journey from Ulsan, South Korea to Copenhagen, Denmark. The ship, owned by industry major Maersk, arrived at the port on Tuesday, August 15, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) said. Maersk also shared footage […]

  • Maersk declares option for 4 more methanol-powered boxships

    10 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    Maersk has declared options with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for an additional four 16,000 TEU methanol-powered containerships.

  • Interview: After shattering records in green-methanol bunkering, OCI Global stresses the power of collaboration for a smooth transition

    7 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels

    Green methanol is rapidly emerging as a transformative marine fuel, leading the charge in the maritime industry’s quest for sustainable and eco-friendly shipping operations, it is quickly becoming a prominent contender in the race to decarbonize the sector. As the imperative for decarbonization of the maritime industry takes center stage on the industry’s business agenda, […]

  • Fugro’s survey enables Galp to embark on ‘sustainable and efficient’ energy ops off Namibia

    13 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Fugro has finished the fieldwork for an environmental and geophysical survey offshore Namibia, which was ordered by Galp.

  • Maersk secures green fuel supply for 12 methanol-powered boxships

    10 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Danish container shipping and logistics giant Maersk has signed several separate deals to secure green fuel supply for its fleet of twelve new methanol-powered vessels.

  • Pioneering steps: OCI Global bunkers world’s 1st green methanol-powered containership as the feeder starts its maiden voyage

    17 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Vessels

    Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global has completed what has been described as ‘the world’s first green methanol bunkering operation’ at the Port of Ulsan, Korea. The bunkering operation took place on Sunday, July 16, when OCI fueled A.P. Moller Maersk’s first green methanol-powered container ship with 1,000 metric tonnes of OCI HyFuels […]

  • Alfa Laval joins Liquid Wind

    6 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Environment, Transition

    Swedish-based heat transfer, centrifugal separation, and fluid handling specialist Alfa Laval has become a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel facilities to produce renewable clean fuels. The fuels are intended to be used primarily by marine and road transport among others in the supply chain. Alfa Laval has acquired a small […]

  • Costa Group, Proman to drive adoption of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry

    16 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Carnival Corporation’s Costa Group and Proman, a top methanol producer, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the use of methanol as a marine fuel for the cruise industry. The partnership aims to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonization of the existing fleet by improving the supply of sustainable methanol and retrofitting existing […]

  • OCI, Unibarge to develop green methanol-fueled bunker barge

    2 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Dutch fuel producer OCI N.V. (OCI) has joined forces with compatriot barge operator Unibarge to develop Europe’s first dual-fuel bunker barge powered by green methanol.

  • Alfa Laval begins testing new fuels to support shipping’s transition

    8 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Research & Development, Transition

    Swedish company Alfa Laval will soon start testing two new types of marine fuels — biofuels (made from waste) and methanol, at its Test & Training Centre in Denmark.

  • DNV GL to Class New Methanol-Fuelled Tankers

    22 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    The first four vessels to use DNV GL’s rules for low flashpoint fuels will be a series of 50,000 dwt tankers ordered by the owners Marinvest and Westfal-Larsen. The vessels are the very first to be fuelled by methanol – a fuel that significantly reduces local air emissions. These product carriers which also are prepared […]

  • Maersk unveils design of next-gen methanol-powered boxships

    8 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Transition, Vessels

    Danish container shipping giant Maersk has presented the design of its next-generation large container vessels powered by carbon-neutral methanol.

  • SEA-LNG: LNG has half the lifetime cost of methanol and ammonia

    15 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    The lifetime fuel costs of meeting key European decarbonisation targets for shipping through the LNG pathway are expected to be roughly half that of the methanol or ammonia pathways, according to the findings of a new analysis from the SEA-LNG coalition. The multi-sector coalition promotes the commercial and environmental benefits of LNG as a decarbonization […]

  • Maersk’s 1st methanol-powered feeder gears up for sea trials as keel is laid for 1st larger ship from the series

    16 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    The world’s first feeder vessel powered by green methanol is nearing construction completion and is getting ready to embark on its sea trials later this month. The 172-meter-long feeder was launched on April 4 at South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and it is being built for Denmark-based industry major Maersk as part of a 19-strong […]