Ports of Bremen expanded their alternative fuel bunkering options adding methanol after introducing new clear regulations.
According to Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, Bremen’s ports are now methanol-ready.
The Senator added that with the regulations now clear, there is already methanol-capable storage capacity on the Weser, bunker suppliers in Bremerhaven are looking into expanding, and several companies are involved in the production of green methanol.
However, in order to enable the use of more climate-friendly types of propulsion, it is not only the shipowners who are called upon, but in particular the ports, which ultimately have to make reliable, safe bunkering of these fuels possible.
…said Kristina Vogt.
This is has now been achieved with a clearly regulated procedure for authorising bunkering operations in the ports of Bremen: ‘When bunkering fuels with a flash point below 55 degrees Celsius – including methanol and LNG, for example – a number of safety aspects must be taken into account. With the clear instructions that we have now issued, shipowners and all other parties involved now know exactly how and when to do what in order to enable the smooth bunkering of alternative fuels’ pointed out Port Captain Stephan Berger.
Furthermore, Robert Howe, Managing Director, Bremenports, makes it clear that ‘methanol-ready’ is not just a label, but rather a competitive factor and, above all fits into the green focus strategy of the ports of Bremen.
We are supporting and promoting the use of new low-carbon fuels in shipping – this is ultimately active climate protection. The aim must be to enable universal bunkering in our universal ports – regardless of whether methanol, LNG, ammonia or, in future, green hydrogen is pumped into the ship’s tanks.
..said Robert Howe.
