Tag: methanol

The Methanol Institute (MI) announced that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (Norwegian) became its newest member.

During SMM 2022, Alfa Laval and WinGD agreed on establishing a joint programme in which Alfa Laval will develop the fuel supply system for WinGD methanol engines.

Stena Line, DFDS, Ørsted and Liquid Wind will form a partnership with the Port of Gothenburg to establish an electromethanol (e-fuels) hub..

The Methanol Institute has welcomed comments made by the chairmen of China Merchants Energy Shipping and COSCO Shipping Bulk, that the two companies will focus on methanol marine fuel as their primary area of research in the future.

WinGD and Korean engine builder HSD Engine have initiated a Joint Development Project (JDP) to advance the development of WinGD’s methanol-fueled big-bore engines.

Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture (JV) between Proman and Stena Bulk, announced that their two fully operational methanol-fuelled tankers have become the first vessels to bunker methanol in Ulsan, South Korea.

e1 Marine announced that its M-series methanol to hydrogen generator has received Approval in Principle (AiP) for marine applications from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator on any vessel type.

According to Georgios Plevrakis, ABS Vice President, Global Sustainability, methanol represents a promising fuel source for the global fleet, with practical benefits related to ease of storage and handling, tank to wake carbon intensity reduction, as well as a pathway to carbon neutrality through green methanol.

Anaergia has signed an agreement with European Energy to supply the latter with up to 60,000 tonnes per year of liquefied biogenic Carbon Dioxide (CO2) for a period of 10 years.

July 2022 update of the Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub’s Zero-Carbon Fuel Monitor indicates that methanol is making headway.