Tag: methanol

Seaspan has placed an order for 10,800 CEU, ammonia and methanol ready, LNG dual-fuelled Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs) with Hyundai Glovis (Glovis).

Wärtsilä will introduce another four methanol engines to its portfolio, setting a new industry benchmark with the broadest methanol engine portfolio currently on the market.

Cepsa, and C2X have announced a joint ambition to develop a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva, southern Spain.

The world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol was inaugurated in the Leuna Chemical Park as part of the Leuna100 project.

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), and China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), has ordered an MAN B&W 7G80ME-LGIM (-Liquid Gas Injection Methanol) main engine in connection with the construction of a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier).

An agreement has been signed between European Energy and Petrobras to evaluate potential opportunities for the installation of an e-methanol production facility in Brazil.

WinGD will supply X-DF-M methanol-fuelled engines for a series of six container vessels to be built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China. The 9,000 TEU vessels will each be powered by an X82DF-M engine built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Engine & Machinery Division (HHI-EMD), to be delivered in August 2025.

Lloyd’s Register (LR), in collaboration with SDC Ship Design and Consult, has developed a new concept for the use of ballast water tanks in place of cofferdams around methanol tanks, allowing ship operators more space for methanol fuel technology. 

Shipping company China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES), announced that it has ordered a total of eight new vessels from China Merchants Industry, which includes four 7,800 CEU methanol-powered dual fuel car carriers, two 82,000 dwt dry bulk carriers and two 62,000 dwt multipurpose ships.

Dubai's Dockendale Ship Management, known for its expertise in dry bulk shipping, and Denmark's Green Marine, a specialist in methanol, have joined forces to create a collaborative venture named Dockendale Green Marine Ship Management.