The 16,000 TEU methanol fueled containerships just ordered by Maersk mark a substantial scale-up of the methanol powered technology from the previous size limit of around 2,000 TEU. So it is no
A.P. Moller – Maersk says that in the first quarter of 2024 it will introduce the first in a series of up to 12 large ocean-going containerships capable of being operated on
MAN Energy Solutions has won the order to supply the world’s first, low-speed, dual-fuel engine to run on methanol in the container segment. It will power the carbon neutral, methanol fueled 2,100
Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) (NASDAQ:MEOH) and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. have reached an agreement that will see MOL pay $145 million for a 40% minority interest in Methanex’s Waterfront Shipping subsidiary. Vancouver,
A.P. Moller – Maersk has agreed a contract that will see Hyundai Mipo Dockyards build a 172 meter feeder vessel with a dual-fuel engine technology that will enable it to sail on
In 2015 Sweden’s Stena Line made history by converting one of the largest RoPax ferries in the world, the 240-meter Stena Germanica, to become the world’s first methanol powered ferry (see earlier
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
The Alfa Laval Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark, is constructing an innovative fuel cell system that will be used to test high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HTPEM) technology developed by methanol
Seattle, Wash., headquartered Centerline Logistics, a leading national provider of marine petroleum transportation services, has formed an Alternative Fuels Working Group. The group consists of industry partners and internal representatives from within
The ten 300,000 dwt VLCCs being ordered by three shipowners for long term charter to Shell will have MAN B&W 7G80ME-GI Mk9.5 dual-fuel engines. The ships are being built at Daewoo Shipuilding
