Here’s a development that operators with vessels trading to Europe need to pay attention to, particularly if they have hopes of getting European ETS and FuelEU credits by using green methanol or
In a move seen as broadening the potential of methanol as a fuel for smaller vessels, classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has granted Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding an approval in principle (AiP) for
MAN Energy Solutions and Svitzer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on developing a methanol-fueled version of the MAN 175D engine, designated the175DF-M (Dual Fuel-Methanol). The MoU targets finalization of
Maersk’s green methanol fueled Laura Maersk is the first vessel to feature a new Low-flashpoint Fuel Supply system (LFSS) developed by Danish specialist Eltronic FuelTech. “Embracing green methanol as a fuel has
ABS has issued its approval in principle (AIP) to China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. for its design of a heavy-duty, methanol dual-fueled WTIV (wind turbine installation vessel). The methanol dual-fueled WTIV
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the City of Yokohama and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC). The collaborative agreement will focus on the development of a Yokohama green
Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding has delivered the 4,000 dwt M/T Maple, Singapore’s first dedicated methanol bunkering tanker, to Stellar Shipmanagement Services Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Energy Group, Classed by
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Caterpillar Inc. have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, to investigate marine methanol-fueled four-stroke engines. While methanol
Methanol as a marine fuel is now moving into the car carrier sector. The first two methanol fueled vessels ordered for the sector —two 9,300 CEU (car equivalent unit) pure car and
In yet another sign of the growing interest in methanol as a marine fuel, ABS and Asiatic Lloyd Maritime LLP, a member of the AL Group, have signed a joint development project
