Tag: methanol

A coalition of major shipping players develops a Joint Industry Project to enable product tanker charterers and shipowners to utilise Methanol as fuel regardless of the cargo carried.

In light of the controversial issue over the ban of heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in Polar regions, Methanol Institute urges shipping to apply methanol as a "safe, clean" alternative marine fuel.

In an effort to make Europe’s biggest economy climate-neutral by 2050, Germany turned its focus on using ammonia and methanol in order to deliver hydrogen as a clean-burning fuel for industries.

The Methanol Institute calls on delegates that will meet during the International Maritime Organization’s upcoming Maritime Safety Committee to approve amendments to the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels Code (IGF Code).

Lloyd's Register issued a Bunkering Technical Reference to help shipowners, ports and bunker suppliers understand the processes and procedures required for the safe use of methanol as a marine fuel.

Hafnia Limited revealed its plan to develop methanol dual-fueled ships in order to transport methanol from a U.S.-based production plant at the Port of Kalama, Washington, USA.

TNO and partners in the Green Maritime Methanol Project published a new report on methanol. The paper analyzes the technological and economic viability of methanol as a marine fuel for the Dutch short-sea shipping sector.

The Methanol Institute (MI) recently joined a research study by China Waterborne Transportation Research Institute (CWTRI) in order to further develop the use of methanol as a bunker fuel.

A European consortium of maritime research and technology leaders launched the Fastwater project to demonstrate the feasibility of retrofit and newbuild vessels to operate on methanol as a pathway to fossil-free shipping.

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines partnered with Northwest Innovation Works, Kalama, to provide generation ships to serve the planned methanol facility at the Port of Kalama in southwest Washington, USA.