Methanex

Methanex And Mol Complete First-Ever Voyage Fueled By Bio-Methanol

Credits: Maksym Kaharlytskyi/ Unsplash
  • The voyage is an example of how Methanex and MOL are collaborating to demonstrate the viability of methanol as a marine fuel.
  • This innovative fuel solution offers shipping companies the ability to achieve net-zero carbon emissions today, supporting the industry’s transition to a low-carbon future.
  • The use of methanol as an alternative marine fuel was pioneered by Waterfront Shipping in 2016.

Methanex Corporation (Methanex) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd....

https://mfame.guru/methanex-and-mol-complete-first-ever-voyage-fueled-by-bio-methanol/

Methanex And Mol Complete First-Ever Voyage Fueled By Bio-Methanol

Credits: Maksym Kaharlytskyi/ Unsplash
  • The voyage is an example of how Methanex and MOL are collaborating to demonstrate the viability of methanol as a marine fuel.
  • This innovative fuel solution offers shipping companies the ability to achieve net-zero carbon emissions today, supporting the industry’s transition to a low-carbon future.
  • The use of methanol as an alternative marine fuel was pioneered by Waterfront Shipping in 2016.

Methanex Corporation (Methanex) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd....

https://mfame.guru/methanex-and-mol-complete-first-ever-voyage-fueled-by-bio-methanol/

Methanex Claims World’s First Net Zero Voyage Fueled by Bio-Methanol

Methanex Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines this week announced that the dual-fuel vessel Cajun Sun successfully completed the first-ever net-zero voyage fueled by bio-methanol. The Cajun Sun is operated by Methanex’s subsidiary Waterfront Shipping and chartered from MOL. The net-zero voyage departed from Geismar, Louisiana in the United States on January 17, arriving in Antwerp, Belgium about two and a half weeks later. By blending ISCC-certified bio-methanol that has negative carbon...

https://gcaptain.com/methanex-claims-worlds-first-net-zero-voyage-fueled-by-bio-methanol/

Historic methanol bunkering operation carried out in Sweden

The methanol-powered Ro-Ro and passenger vessel Stena Germanica became the first non-tanker vessel in the world to be bunkered with methanol ship to ship at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden on 24 January.

Until now, Stena Germanica has been bunkering methanol solely from trucks.

“The key to success is working together over the full value chain to find a pragmatic and safe approach for implementing bunker procedures for methanol. In the end, it will contribute to the industry’s goal to decarbonise...

https://container-news.com/historic-methanol-bunkering-operation-carried-out-in-sweden/

Misrepresenting Status Of Methane Slip Risks Delaying Shipping’s Decarbonisation: SEA-LNG

INDEPENDENT STUDY REVEALS COMPELLING INVESTMENT CASE FOR LNG AS A MARINE FUEL

Methane slip from LNG-fuelled vessels is a recognised problem that the maritime industry has been actively addressing for well over a decade. SEA-LNG is disappointed to see the ongoing campaign of misinformation that misrepresents the progress the industry has made, and is continuing to make, to reduce slip. Sensationalist claims lacking scientific evidence are a transparent attempt to distract the industry from investing in LNG – a solution that can deliver immediate greenhouse gas emissions...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/misrepresenting-status-of-methane-slip-risks-delaying-shippings-decarbonisation-sea-lng/

MOL and Methanex finalise methanol partnership

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has concluded definitive agreements with the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol, Methanex Corporation (Methanex), to establish a strategic partnership involving Methanex’s subsidiary Waterfront Shipping (WFS),
specialising in methanol transportation, for marine fuel’s commercialisation.

Following a prior announcement made earlier in July, the definitive agreements are consistent with the previously published Key Commercial Terms, with the Japanese...

https://container-news.com/mol-and-methanex-finalise-methanol-partnership/

MOL Enters Partnership With Methanex, Involving World’s Largest Methanol Ocean Tanker Fleet

“Taranaki Sun” Methanol Dual-fueled Methanol Carrier Vessel

Methanex Corporation (Methanex) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TSE:9104) (MOL) have concluded Key Commercial Terms for the purchase and sale of an equity position in, and the establishment of a strategic partnership involving Methanex’s Waterfront Shipping (WFS) subsidiary. With a fleet of approximately 800 vessels, MOL is one of the world’s largest shipping companies. WFS is a global marine transportation company and operates the world’s largest methanol ocean tanker fleet.

MOL will acquire a...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/mol-enters-partnership-with-methanex-involving-worlds-largest-methanol-ocean-tanker-fleet/

+ More