The world’s first ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering of green methanol for the 16,200 TEU container ship Ane Maersk was accomplished at Ulsan Port in South Korea. The Ulsan Port Authority and the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries supervised the operation, a significant step in the worldwide maritime industry’s shift to sustainable fuels.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries had already laid the necessary institutional foundation, such as the “Guidelines for Approval of Self-Safety Management...