Tag: alternative fuels

EMSA’s study on the use of ethyl/methyl alcohol in shipping was presented in the margins of IMO Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers last month. Several safety considerations were discussed, including the main fire extinguishing and detection aspects related to ethyl/methyl alcohol fires on board ships.

According to EIA΄s data, increased production of ethane in the United States has led to increased ethane exports, first by pipeline to Canada and more recently by tanker to overseas destinations

Port of Amsterdam and its partner GoodFuels Marine have launched a pilot project involving the use of sustainable marine biofuel for the Port’s own fleet. If the pilot project is successful, fleet will start running on this fuel, reducing carbon footprint by 14 percent.

The first of the four Navigator Gas ethane midsize vessels, Navigator Aurora, has been delivered at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

The U.S. Navy’s Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) went underway for final-phase testing of two alternative fuels, May 31. The SDTS traveled to San Diego, where it took on approximately 30,000 gallons of two types of alternative fuels.

ECOSLOPS announced in its H1 2016 operational report that it is on track to meet its annual target of producing at least 30,000 tons of regenerated slops in 2017 from its industrial site in the Port of Sinès. The company has also received its first backing from a Portuguese bank in the form of €1 million in medium-term financing

EMSA has published a study on the use of ethyl and methyl alcohol as alternative fuels for reducing both the emissions and carbon footprint of ship operations.

Since the stricter sulphur limit of 0.10% m/m was implemented in the ECAs from 1 January 2015, options available to ship owners and operators have been the use of marine gas oil or distillates, heavy fuel oil in combination with scrubbers, LNG or alternative fuels such as biofuels.

 The trials are due to begin in the first half of 2016, and will see the fuel supplied from the Gibraltar-San Roque refinery to Maersk ships following the installation of an MSAR manufacturing unit at the site. Installation and operation permits are currently being sought for the new unit.The trial program is expected to run until the end of 2016, or early 2017 when engine tests on the fuel will be completed. Subsequently, the sale of the fuel from the refinery would be made following regulatory and commercial approvals.“We are delighted to have this opportunity to meet the fuel requirements of a leading partner in the marine industry with Maersk using a pioneering technology from Quadrise. Cepsa has been a leader in marine fuel technology for many years and this agreement will help to consolidate our position,” said Federico Molina, head of Cepsa´s Refining Unit.Quadrise has developed the fuel to provide an alternative for shipping, refining and power generation markets.  The MSAR oil-in-water emulsion fuel technology makes heavy hydrocarbon residues easier to use by producing a lower viscosity oil mixed with water.  Alternative fuel emulsions, which are water in oil, are produced from heavy fuel oil.  By emulsifying refinery residues, ...

 Japanese Scientists consider algae as a potential abundant source of biofuel, media reports.Sachio Nishio, a professor of agriculture at Shikoku University Junior College, has been researching algal biofuel for about 10 years. According to Nishio, Scenedesmus, a genus of microalgae measuring about 20 micrometers,  is strong enough to withstand a wide range of temperatures, from about 40 degrees to ice cold. Up to 50 percent of the organism's dry weight is oil and, theoretically, Scenedesmus can multiply by more than twice in number over a course of 24 hours.With large-scale production at low cost a possibility, many corporations are jumping on the algae fuel bandwagon.Heavy industry giant IHI Corp. erected a 1,500-square-meter facility in Kagoshima earlier this year. Commissioned by the central government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), the facility was established as one of the nation's largest algal production plants.The company had been cultivating algae in a facility in Yokohama on a trial basis, but decided to erect the new facility down south where the warmer climate and longer daylight hours provide the perfect environment for the mass production of algae.Botryococcus is grown in the Kagoshima plant. It's a tiny algae measuring just a few micrometers ...