Tag: alternative fuels

Martin Christian Wold, Principal Consultant at DNV, presents important information regarding alternative-fuelled vessel orders, as derived from DNV's Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) database during February 2024.

Höegh Autoliners ASA have been granted almost USD 14 million (NOK 146 million) in Enova funding to use the alternative and sustainable fuel for two of their vessels.

The EU has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility – Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF).

NorthStandard P&I Club addresses challenges regarding charter terms and other contractual issues, when adopting methanol as an alternative maritime fuel. 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), ITOCHU Corporation, HIF Asia Pacific, and JFE Steel Corporation have agreed to conduct a feasibility study regarding carbon capture and synthetic fuels.

Glomar Offshore has reportedly achieved a 28% reduction in CO2 emissions by transitioning from traditional fuels to GoodFuels HVO30, a marine biofuel blend.

Liquid Wind, together with Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe, announce the eFuel Design & Performance Centre (DPC) in Hørsholm, Denmark.

WinGD and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. have completed the initial design of an ammonia fuel supply system (AFSS) for vessels powered by WinGD’s X‑DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines.

ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore, for its design of a dual-fuel methanol, heavy-duty, offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV).

Global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is estimated to rise by more than 50% by 2040, as industrial coal-to-gas switching gathers pace in China and South Asian and South-east Asian countries use more LNG to support their economic growth, according to Shell’s LNG Outlook 2024.