Last week, the first methanol fuel bunkering operation in East Port Said port was successfully completed for a Maersk container ship.
According to the General Authority for the Suez Canal economic Zone (SCZONE), the supply service took nearly 6 hours. This operation is the first of its kind in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East. The fuel was supplied from the barge Lara S, affiliated to the global service provider OCI global.
Maerk’s vessel is the first container ship in the world that operates with methanol fuel. In late July, Maersk and Hong Lam Marine conducted the world’s first ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation on the same containership at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore.
SCZONE also stated that it plans to transform its ports into a regional hub for bunkering services with fossil or green fuels, in addition to its endeavour to localize the green fuel industry and the feeding and complementary industries to achieve an added value through its unique geographical location.
