3680 results found for 'methanol'

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  • Hudong Zhonghua cuts steel for CMA CGM’s 6th dual-fuel boxship

    8 May 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    Chinese shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding has cut steel for the sixth and final dual-fuel LNG powered 13,000TEU dual-fuel container ships being constructed for France’s CMA CGM. These vessels are designed to operate using either traditional fuel or liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 336-metre long and 51-metre wide ship will be equipped with a 14,000 cbm MARK III LNG cargo […]

  • Gothenburg Port Authority names new CEO

    30 May 2023
    Green Marine, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The Gothenburg Port Authority has appointed a new CEO. Göran Eriksson will succeed the current CEO, Elvir Dzanic, and assume his role on August 7th. Currently, Göran serves as the CEO of the GAC Group’s company in India. He has been employed in multiple positions within the GAC Group since 2012 and possesses extensive experience […]

  • FlagshipONE to use Siemens Energy technology for e-fuel production

    2 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    FlagshipONE plant, expected to be Europe’s largest commercial production facility for carbon-neutral marine fuels, will use a technology package from German company Siemens Energy. The package comprises four proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers with a total capacity of 70 megawatts (MW), as well as the plant-wide electrification and automation systems, including innovative digitalisation solutions (such […]

  • ClassNK updates guidelines for gas-fuelled ships

    26 April 2016
    Vessels

    ClassNK, Japan’s classification society on Tuesday said it has released the updated Guidelines for gas-fuelled ships.

  • Marathon Oil and Glencore ink LNG sales agreement in Equatorial Guinea

    17 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Houston-based oil and gas company Marathon Oil has entered into an LNG sales agreement with Glencore for the Alba field in Equatorial Guinea, effective from next year. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Marathon Oil entered into a five-year firm LNG sales agreement with Glencore Energy UK for a portion of its equity natural gas produced from the Alba Field, […]

  • Industry bodies pitch ‘pooled compliance’ as part of simplified global GHG fuel standard

    20 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) have submitted a joint proposal to the shipping industry’s global regulator, the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO), for a Global GHG Fuel Standard (GFS). The proposal, set to be discussed at the next round of IMO negotiations in March 2024, sets out […]

  • Stena Line to Cut 350 More Jobs

    20 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Sweden’s largest ferry operator Stena Line is continuing with job cuts to meet the company’s goal of improving the financial results by USD  176 million until 2016, Jesper Waltersson, Head of Corporate Communications at Stena Line told World Maritime News. Walterson said that Stena Line is aware of reports in media that it aims to cut staff by 800, but […]

  • e1 Marine and NAVTEK partner on hydrogen-powered vessels

    2 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Vessels

    Renewable energy company e1 Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with naval design and engineering specialist NAVTEK to develop hydrogen-powered vessels and port applications for the European market.

  • Decisive years ahead: ONE’s fuel choice conundrum for 20 methanol-ammonia newbuilds

    13 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    The jury is still out on the fuel choice for a series of twenty new vessels the Singapore-based container shipping major Ocean Network Express (ONE) has on order. “We haven’t made a decision yet on which technology to choose. The jury is still out and like the rest of the industry we are very interested […]

  • Interview: What Will Be THE Marine Fuel of the Future?

    21 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    WMN explores what will be the fuel of choice for owners ahead of IMO’s 2020 Sulfur Cap.

  • Proman and Origin team up on low-carbon biofuel production

    9 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Methanol producer Proman and carbon-negative materials company Origin Materials have entered a strategic partnership centered on low-carbon biofuel production utilizing Origin’s technology platform and Proman’s fuels capabilities and expertise. Specifically, the two companies signed an agreement to explore the production and global distribution of low-carbon biofuels. According to Proman, Origin expects to produce bio-based fuels […]

  • Maersk to speed up eFuel development with latest investment in US startup

    23 September 2021
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has made an investment in US-based start-up company Prometheus Fuels focused on developing cost-efficient, carbon-neutral eFuels for shipping.

  • SAL Heavy Lift’s newbuilds to run on Wärtsilä’s hybrid propulsion systems & methanol engines

    20 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Heavy lifting, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Finnish technology company Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply its hybrid propulsion system for four new heavy lift vessels being built at the Wuhu Shipyard in China. The Orca Class vessels have been contracted by SAL Heavy Lift GmbH, a German heavy lift and project cargo specialist and part of the Harren Group, in cooperation […]

  • Can European fleets be made greener?

    29 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Although inland navigation, short sea shipping and river-sea shipping are already CO2-efficient, there is still potential to make the European fleets greener.

  • Deal signed for construction of world’s 1st large high bollard pull methanol-fuelled tugs

    7 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Towage operator Kotug Canada has selected Türkiye’s Sanmar Shipyards to build two RAsalvor 4400-DFM dual fuel methanol escort tugs.

  • MPC Container Ships orders two 5,500 TEU green methanol-ready vessels

    4 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian container tonnage provider MPC Container Ships has ordered two 5,500 TEU wide beam eco-design vessels to improve the environmental footprint of its fleet.

  • Maersk picks Ursula von der Leyen to christen world’s 1st methanol-powered containership

    7 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, will be the godmother of A.P. Moller – Maersk’s new feeder vessel, the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol. The Commission President will formally name the vessel at a ceremony in Copenhagen on September 14, where it arrives on its maiden voyage, before […]

  • Engine concepts for maritime hydrogen applications next on MAN ES’ agenda

    12 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    German engine manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has formed a partnership with industry leaders and research institutes to develop concepts for hydrogen-fueled medium-speed engines in the maritime sector. The partnership will work on the project dubbed ‘HydroPoLEn’, which is supported and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. HydroPoLEn […]

  • Japan’s coastal RoRo trials biofuel and waste cooking oil blend

    1 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    MOL Coastal Shipping, a group company of Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, revealed that its 499 GT coastal RoRo vessel, the Tetsuun Maru No.1, trialed the use of biofuel. The biofuel used on the vessel is made by mixing waste cooking oil derived from vegetable oils and fats in Japan without chemical treatment with […]

  • MI calls for well-to-wake approach in GHG accounting of fuels

    30 August 2021
    Authorities & Government, Transition

    The Methanol Institute (MI) is calling on maritime policy-makers to adopt a “well-to-wake” approach in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting of fuels to support the decarbonization of maritime transport.

  • Drewry: Chemical Tankers Expect Recovery from Late 2018

    9 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Chemical shipping market is heading toward a recovery phase, which would be supported by subdued ordering and a narrowing in the tonnage supply-demand gap from late 2018, shipping consultancy Drewry informed. Tonne-mile demand of chemical commodities is set to grow at 3.8% on a year-on-year basis in 2017, of which the organic trade is likely […]

  • Aker Clean Hydrogen, Kuehne+Nagel team up on green container shipping

    11 February 2022
    Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Aker Clean Hydrogen, a Norwegian integrated clean hydrogen, ammonia and methanol producer, and Kuehne+Nagel, a Switzerland-based sea logistics provider, are joining forces to decarbonize the maritime logistics sector by offering green container transport.

  • Australia: MEO Re-gains Interest in Tassie Shoal Project

    19 December 2011

    MEO Australia Limited said today that it has executed a Termination Deed with Air Products that terminates the 2004 Joint Development Agreement (JDA) between the two companies pertaining to the Tassie Shoal Methanol Project (TSMP) and the subsequent 2006 Amendment Agreement that effectively suspended the JDA. In consideration for executing the Termination Deed, MEO will […]

  • Wärtsilä looks into potential of Power-to-X fuels for power generation

    20 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has published a new whitepaper on the potential of Power-to-X (P2X) fuels for power generation. An in-depth study in the whitepaper entitled “The feasibility of Power-to-X fuels for power generation” examines the entire value chain of P2X fuels, analyses cost predictions and provides a detailed analysis of P2X fuels in energy […]

  • MAN showcases methanol-ready engine from testbed, says it can keep vessels compliant until 2050

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

    German engine manufacturing powerhouse MAN Energy Solutions demonstrated today the performance of its new dual-fuel four-stroke 49/60DF engine from the testbed in Augsburg, Germany. Based on the information presented today, MAN claims that its 49/60 DF engine offers a feasible decarbonization pathway to 2050.