In a growing trend of try to ensure zero carbon shipping of fossil fuels classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia-fuelled LNG carrier.

As much as two-fifths of all carbon neutral fuels produced in 2030 will be needed to meet the needs of the shipping sector according to DNV’s latest Maritime Forecast 2050 published today.

The US financial institution JP Morgan has placed an order for two advanced dual-fuel methanol carriers with China’s Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI). The methanol carriers, to be delivered in 2026, will be employed on a time charter...

China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has ordered a methanol dual-fuel VLCC, claimed to be the world’s first methanol-fuelled VLCC.

Global operator of product and chemical tankers, Hafnia, has ordered four methanol-fuelled tankers– marking its first investment and step into the dual-fuel methanol landscape, further enhancing its values and ambitions towards a greener future.

Of the 62 alternative fuel ship contracts placed in July, 48 orders stipulated methanol as fuel, including 15 retrofits, according to latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform.

Singapore successfully carried out its first green methanol bunkering operation on Thursday for AP Moller – Maersk.

Methanol is fast becoming the alternative fuel of choice, while the supply of green fuel is still in its infancy in the US a new agreement between Carbon Sink and Rose Cay is set to enhance availability.

OCI Global has completed the landmark bunkering of green methanol for Maersk’s first methanol dual-fuel containership.

Taiwan-based shipping line Evergreen is planning a massive fleet expansion plan and ordering twenty-four 16,000 teu methanol dual-fuelled containerships at a total cost of up to $5 billion.