Containership owner and lessor Seaspan Corporation has partnered with Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s largest container shipping lines, to retrofit five existing ships to methanol fuel. Hapag-Lloyd is a major…
https://gcaptain.com/seaspan-and-hapag-lloyd-to-retrofit-five-containerships-to-methanol-fuel/
Unifeeder Group, a part of DP World Marine Services, has finalized a long-term charter agreement to add two more methanol-fueled container feeder vessels to their fleet. The charter agreements were…
https://gcaptain.com/unifeeder-charters-more-methanol-powered-feeder-vessels/
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s sixth-largest container carrier, has placed orders for the construction twelve 13,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel containerships. These will be the first methanol-dual fuel vessels in…
https://gcaptain.com/one-orders-first-methanol-fueled-ships/
Methanol surpassed liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the preferred alternative fuel choice for newbuild vessels in 2023, marking a significant milestone in the shipping industry’s efforts to decarbonize. According to…
https://gcaptain.com/methanol-shippings-top-alternative-fuel-2023/
J.P. Morgan Global Alternative’s Global Transportation Group (JPMGTG), a division of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has announced the order of two 49,800 deadweight dual-fuel methanol chemical IMOII Medium-Range (MR) newbuilds….
https://gcaptain.com/j-p-morgan-orders-dual-fuel-methanol-chemical-tankers/
Hydrogen and methanol are moving ahead within the cruise ship sector as operators reveal they will use these fuels going forward.
Boundless Class ShipsPanelists OSK ShipTech managing director Anders Ørgård Hansen and Northern Xplorer chief executive Rolf Sandvik explained their fuel choices at Passenger Ship Technology’s webinar Cruise Ships: Navigating the path to net zero emissions. OSK ShipTech is working on the new Boundless-class ships for SunStone Ships. Mr Ørgård...
https://mfame.guru/hydrogen-and-methanol-emerging-as-frontrunners-within-the-cruise-ship-sector/
Dutch fuel and chemical producer OCI will directly supply methanol as marine fuel to meet demand from the shipping industry, having committed to a charter project for a dual fuel-barge, according to its head of methanol business, reports Platts.
The company has partnered with Unibarge to retrofit an existing, conventional 2,800-dwt barge into what they say will be Europe’s first methanol bunker barge capable of running on methanol and conventional fuels, which...
https://mfame.guru/oci-bullish-on-marine-methanol-demand-to-provide-direct-supply/
A market-first methanol-fueled vessel design with applications in the offshore wind, commercial workboat, and leisure sectors will be developed and tested by Chartwell Marine and consortium partners Boat Electric & Electronics and Engineered Marine Systems thanks to a £320,000 Innovate UK Smart Grant awarded to the vessel designer, as reported by OE Digital.
Sustainable fuel choices“In a maritime industry that is grappling with the question of sustainable fuel choices,...
https://mfame.guru/chartwell-marine-receives-funding-to-create-a-methanol-fueled-vessel-design/
With more shipowners seeing methanol as an attractive and available future fuel pathway, Wärtsilä has responded by developed a dedicated fuel supply system called MethanolPac.
Combined with the recently introduced Wärtsilä 32 methanol engine the system positions Wärtsilä to deliver methanol-capable fuel and power systems for a wide range of vessel segments.
Methanol is a widely available fuel that is carbon neutral when produced from renewable sources and is easier to handle than many other...
https://www.marinelog.com/technology/wartsila-to-deliver-dedicated-methanol-fuel-supply-system/
Bulk carrier, Mount Tourmaline, said to be the world’s first liquefied natural gas fuelled Newcastlemax bulker. According to a statement from the operator, Eastern Pacific Shipping, the vessel has fuelled up at Singapore. A “Newcastlemax” is, as its name suggests, the biggest size of ship that can physically fit into the Australian port of Newcastle.
The 209,000 deadweight ship is one of a fleet of...