Utkilen has announced the conversion of chemical tanker Mostraum to run on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
The vessel, built in 2019, has been upgraded to operate on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as well as Marine Gas Oil (MGO) according to the company announcement. Moreover, the company states that three more vessels in its fleet are scheduled to be converted to LNG in 2025.
Various companies have been on the process of converting their vessels to alternative fuels such as LNG or methanol. Most recently, Matson completed its third LNG dual-fuel boxship conversion.
During a webinar by the Global Maritime Forum in 2022, a Transition Strategy study conducted by the University of Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) and the Getting to Zero Coalition was presented, indicating that by 2046 the number of retrofits will reach around 35,000 vessels. The Transition Strategy analysis also found that vessels retrofitted to run on scalable zero emission fuels could comprise nearly half the global fleet by 2050.
