Spanish clothing company Inditex, the parent company of fashion brands like Zara and Massimo Dutti, has joined forces with Danish shipping line Maersk in an effort to reduce its global…
https://gcaptain.com/inditex-commits-to-low-carbon-shipping-fuels-with-maersk/
The pipeline of ships ordered with alternative fuel options continues to expand with LNG and methanol leading the charge. A total of 21 LNG-fueled vessels were ordered in August, making…
https://gcaptain.com/dnv-lng-and-methanol-fueled-pipeline-continues-to-expand/
OCI Global, the world’s largest producer of green methanol, plans to double its production capacity to 400,000 metric tons meet growing demand from high emissions industries such as road transport,…
https://gcaptain.com/oci-to-double-green-methanol-production-capacity-in-united-states/
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Shell Marine Products Singapore, a business division of Shell Eastern Trading Pte, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a joint focus on the advancement of alternative maritime solutions and managing carbon emissions liabilities...
A new analysis from the Global Maritime Forum has found that the cost gap between operating ships on zero-emission ammonia and conventional fuel could be closed before 2030 and possibly…
By Carman Chew and Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Interest in methanol as an alternative fuel has grown in the shipping industry, which seeks to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Below is a…
https://gcaptain.com/roundup-shipowners-ports-ramp-up-methanol-fuel-projects/
(Bloomberg) — What does going “green” actually mean? For the global shipping industry, it’s a potentially fraught question. Three-and-a-half years ago, shipping — which carries more than 80% of world trade — underwent…
https://gcaptain.com/shippings-quest-for-greener-fuel-runs-into-climate-complications/
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has announced its latest successful biofuel supply chain trial, part of a pilot to develop a quality, quantity and greenhouse gas abatement assurance framework…
US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and American manufacturing company Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development and integration of alternative fuel technologies...
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/ornl-fmd-team-up-on-alternative-fuel-engines-for-ships/
A total of 62 alternative-fueled vessels were ordered in July, including a record number of methanol-fueled ships, according to the latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. Last…
https://gcaptain.com/methanol-fueled-ship-orders-surge-in-july/