Profile view of Brix Marine water taxi

Brix Marine builds water taxi for QXMC

Port Angeles, Wash., based boatbuilder Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA) is currently constructing a 32- by 12-foot catamaran for the Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC). QXMC is the business arm of

Barge in front of methanol carrier

First barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

Advocates of methanol as a marine fuel argue that it offers much the same advantages as LNG, but with fewer complications. Helping to underscore this, the world’s first barge-to-ship bunkering of methanol