Danish pump manufacturer Svanehøj Group has opened an office in Japan in response to growing demand for its products for vessels powered by alternative fuels such as LNG and methanol.
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has launched a working group aimed at reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in shipping by using synthetic methane as an alternative to fossil fuels.
The Green Maritime Methanol project, formed by a consortium of major Dutch maritime companies, has selected nine ships for research on the use of methanol as marine fuel.
The Port of Antwerp will embark on an ambitious project on the sustainable production of methanol, followed by the introduction of a methanol-powered tug in the near future.
A consortium of major Dutch maritime companies has joined forces to look into the feasibility of using methanol as a sustainable alternative bunker fuel under the Green Maritime Methanol project.
A project to evaluate methanol as a marine fuel is starting in Singapore, driven by Methanol Institute and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore.
Japan’s NYK has received a JPY2bn ($18m) loan from Taiyo Life Insurance Company to exclusively finance the construction of its first methanol-fuelled chemical tanker.
The use of methanol as a marine fuel has not yet widespread interest amongst the global shipping community seeking alternatives to high-sulphur fuel, as its use as a clean fuel is overshadowed by commonly known scrubbers, low-sulphur fuel oil and...
