Tag: alternative fuels

LR's updated 2025 Engine Retrofit Report finds that in 2024, the industry made advancements in retrofitting engines for alternative fuels.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Seaspan successfully completed LNG bunkering for a MOL-operated LNG-fueled car carrier in English Bay, Vancouver, Canada, on March 1, 2025.

On 28 February, Maersk celebrated the name-giving of its newest dual-fuel methanol container vessel in Mumbai, as a part of the vessel’s maiden voyage to India.

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has joined the e-NG Coalition, an international alliance that aims to accelerate the development and use of e-methane. 

Anglo-Eastern has established a new LNG/Ammonia bunkering station skid at Anglo-Eastern Maritime Academy (AEMA) in Karjat, Mumbai.

In a joint interview, Natassa Kouvertari, Senior Lead – Human Competency for Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, and Tim Slingsby, Director of Skills and Education and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, discuss how training needs to progress to align with the requirements of new alternative fuels.

The latest round of negotiations, held during the IMO's Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18), marks an important step toward achieving the IMO's 2023 GHG Reduction Strategy. This strategy sets the ambitious goal of reducing emissions from ships, with mid-term measures expected to be adopted by 2025.

MET Development (MAIRE), Eni and Iren Ambiente have started the permitting process for a circular methanol and hydrogen production plant at Eni’s refinery in Pavia, Italy.

LR has published its FOBAS Fuel Insight report for the second half of 2024 highlighting a continued trend upwards in the use of biofuel.

ZEMBA has opened bids for its latest e-fuel-focused tender, aiming to aggregate 86 billion tonne nautical miles of demand for emissions abatement in e-fuel-powered shipping starting in 2027.