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    Maersk eyes first green methanol supply from China

    2023-12-14T12:58:00Z

    A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) signed the first large scale green methanol offtake agreement for the global shipping industry with a Chinese supplier, Goldwind, in late November. The deal for the supply of up to 500,000 tonnes of green methanol per year will see production begin in 2026.   

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    First methanol bunker vessel for Singapore handed over

    2023-12-14T12:08:00Z

    The first dedicated methanol bunkering tanker that will operate in the port of Singapore has been handed to Stellar Shipmanagement Services Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Energy Group. The delivery of MT Maple was marked by a delivery ceremony in Osakikamijima, Hiroshima, Japan, on 13 December 2023.

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    Ulstein Specifies MeOH-Ready 175D Engines For Offshore Newbuildings

    2023-12-14T11:56:00Z

    Ulstein Verft AS, the Norwegian yard, has ordered 2 × 3 × MAN 12V175D-MEV methanol-ready engines in connection with the building of two CSOV (Commissioning Service Operation Vessels) for Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore), the offshore unit of international shipping corporation, Schulte Group. The vessels are designed to support the offshore wind-energy market, and are planned for delivery in 2025; an option for four additional vessels exists.

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    Wärtsilä cargo system and LFSS for LPG carrier newbuildings

    2023-12-14T10:59:00Z

    Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply the cargo handling and fuel supply systems for a series of new LPG carrier vessels to be built at the CIMC SinoPacific Offshore & Engineering (SOE) shipyard in China for Norwegian shipowner Avance Gas.

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    BV AiP for X-DF-A engine safety concept

    2023-12-14T10:52:00Z

    WinGD has secured its second approval in principle (AiP) for its two­­‑stroke engine design capable of operating on ammonia as a fuel. Bureau Veritas awarded the AiP to the safety concept for WinGD’s X-DF-A engine.

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    Alfa Laval to Develop Methanol FSS for MAN Four-Stroke Portfolio

    2023-12-12T12:40:00Z

    MAN Energy Solutions has announced an agreement with Alfa Laval, the Swedish industrial concern, to develop a methanol fuel-supply solution for MAN four-stroke engines and its fuel-injection technology. As a result, the first four-stroke engine types will be capable of retrofit to methanol operation from 2025.

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    Alfa Laval to supply FSS for X-DF-A engine development

    2023-12-12T12:35:00Z

    Alfa Laval and Swiss engine designer WinGD have established a partnership in which Alfa Laval will deliver two fuel supply systems (FSS) for testing WinGD’s ammonia-fuelled engine, the X-DF-A, in early 2024.

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    US and EU team up on transatlantic corridor

    2023-12-12T08:15:00Z

    Ports and organisations in Belgium and the US have teamed up to boost transatlantic cooperation on decarbonisation efforts

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    PIL and DP World team up on biofuel trials

    2023-12-11T12:25:00Z

    Pacific International Lines and DP World have joined forces to develop green solutions to decarbonise global supply chains.

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    COSCO Shipping and bp forge closer ties

    2023-12-07T12:29:00Z

    COSCO Shipping and bp have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of topics

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    Caterpillar inks deal to research MeOH-fuelled marine engines

    2023-12-07T11:56:00Z

    Caterpillar Inc. has signed cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to investigate using methanol as an alternative fuel source for four-stroke marine engines with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

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    Alfa Laval to supply LFSS for first boxship MeOH-conversion project

    2023-12-07T11:45:00Z

    A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has specified Alfa Laval’s fuel supply system FCM Methanol for the first methanol retrofit project on a container vessel.

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    COSCO inks 4+9 ME-LGIM conversion deal

    2023-12-07T11:32:00Z

    COSCO Line has awarded COSCO Heavy Industry Shanghai Co. Ltd. a contract to retrofit the main engines aboard 4 container vessels equipped with MAN B&W 11S90ME-C10.5 prime movers. These will be retrofitted to dual-fuel MAN B&W 11S90ME-LGIM10.5 types capable of operation on fuel-oil/methanol.

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    AiPs for SDARI alt fuel 7,000 ceu and 10,000 ceu designs

    2023-12-06T12:36:00Z

    ClassNK has issued Approvals in Principle (AiPs) for three vehicle carrier designs developed by Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI).

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    AiP for CSBC MeOH-fuelled 2,500 teu feeder design

    2023-12-06T12:24:00Z

    Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC for its 2,500 teu feeder design with methanol propulsion, as part of a joint development project.

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    ME-LGIM engines for Tsuneishi Kamsarmax series

    2023-12-06T11:54:00Z

    Mitsui E&S Machinery has been awarded the contract to supply three dual-fuel engines capable of operating on methanol for a series of 81,200 dwt bulk carriers slated for construction at Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. 

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    Wärtsilä adds four new variants to broaden methanol engine portfolio

    2023-12-05T13:44:00Z

    Wärtsilä has announced plans to introduce another four methanol engines to its portfolio, with the first deliveries of the new engines expected from 2025. The launch will cement the engine manufacturer’s position as the engine supplier with the broadest methanol engine portfolio currently on the market.

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    WinGD signs four-way partnership to deliver CMB.TECH ammonia engines

    2023-12-05T13:30:00Z

    Swiss marine power company WinGD has concluded a four-party agreement underwriting Belgian bulk carrier operator CMB.TECH’s order of X72DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines. CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding (QBS) and engine builder CSSC Engine Co (CSE) were the other signatories in the joint undertaking to power a series of 210,000 DWT bulk carriers to be delivered from Qingdao through 2025 and 2026.

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    Sumitomo to explore green NH3 bunkering options with Höegh Autoliners

    2023-12-05T13:24:00Z

    Sumitomo Corporation has signed an agreement to explore the possibility of establishing supplies of clean ammonia as a bunker fuel from 2027 onwards with Höegh Autoliners. The agreement specifies the ports of Singapore and Jacksonville, USA as the initial ammonia bunker hubs.

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    Naftomar Shipping places order for 93k dual-fuel very large ammonia carrier series

    2023-12-05T13:08:00Z

    Naftomar Shipping has placed an order for four very large ammonia carriers with Korean shipyard Hanwha Ocean. The dual-fuel 93,000 cbm vessels have been specified with MAN Energy Solutions dual-fuel engines that will be capable of being retrofitted to operate on ammonia as a fuel.