Tag: alternative fuels

Mr George Polychroniou, Executive Director Strategy and Business Development DEPA COMMERCIAL, and Project Manager of the European project Poseidon Med II, explains the reasons why the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel can lead marine transportation to a greener and more sustainable future, in a cost – efficient manner for ship-owners.

Indications are that the transition to 2020 sulphur cap has been ‘’extremely smooth, a testament to the preparations of all stakeholders prior to the new rules entering into force", IMO said on the occasion of one year of implementation of the IMO Sulphur Cap requirement

Presented by Bryan Comer, ICCT senior marine researcher, and Nikita Pavlenko, ICCT senior fuels researcher, the video focuses on the climate implications of using LNG as a marine fuel.

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted Thursday the Delli Report on more efficient and cleaner maritime transport, which calls on the Commission, among others, to address the carbon intensity of fuels under the FuelEU Maritime initiative. 

ABS recently issued a report on Methanol as Marine Fuel, highlighting the challenges in design and operation of methanol-fueled vessels.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced a three-part funding opportunity that totals $30 million for the replacement of commercial, mass transit and transportation support vehicles that move products with new models, including electric, alternative fuel and diesel vehicles.

Cargill and Maersk Tankers shake hands and entered a strategic partnership in an effort to combine their bunker volumes, offering a new bunker procurement service to tramp shipping companies and trading houses.

Yara International willl collaborate with Statkraft, and Aker Horizons, to establish Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia project in Norway.

Container shipping major Maersk accelerates the efforts to decarbonise marine operations with the launch of the world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel in 2023, seven years ahead of the initial 2030-ambition. 

The global classification society, RINA along with the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) shaked hands in order to develop a ship design capable of being fuelled by either ammonia or methanol.