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Methanol
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Using an abundant, if toxic, resource to power the maritime fleet. A mature future fuel already in use - but will it become dominant? Numerous NGOs protested against the IMO earlier this year putting biofuels in its Global Fuel Standard, but the “fuel versus food” debate seems to have been solved by deriving fuels from waste. Technically the cleanest possible fuel source available to the maritime world and one that has the longest history, dating back to the 1950s. Why is it not in common, non-military use? LNG is currently the most popular lower carbon fuel, but with bio and e-LNG it could move beyond its current transition fuel status supported by extensive existing infrastructure. Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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NewsGSB expansion to be driven by Stena Bulk
Stena Bulk has acquired an additional shareholding in the joint venture from Bay Crest, while retaining Golden Agri and Bay Crest as partners
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NewsProject demonstrates potential of onboard carbon capture
Maritime industry leaders have worked together on a study of OCCS
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NewsTrinidad and Tobago growing as a methanol bunkering hub
Trinidad and Tobago is emerging as a methanol bunkering hub supplying thousands of tonnes of the fuel in the last year
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NewsMethanol bunkering milestone at Savannah
The Port of Savannah in the US state of Georgia hosted its first methanol bunkering operation in late February 2024. The Stena Provident, which is time-chartered by Bahri Chemicals, successfully loaded almost 1000 MT of methanol at Colonial Terminals’ Lathrop 2 facility in an historic first for the port.
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NewsFirst barge-to-ship methanol bunkering
Joint venture between Stena Bulk and Proman sees the first successful barge-to-ship bunkering of methanol
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NewsGCMD selects concept study for LCO2 offloading
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has selected a proposal for a concept study on offloading liquefied CO2 (LCO2) captured onboard ships for further development from a shortlist of submissions from classification societies and engineering consultants. The winning proposal was submitted by Lloyd’s Register, supported by its partner Arup, in response to an Invitation-for-Proposal issued in December 2022.
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NewsREMARCCABLE on board CCS project design receives AiP
The conceptual design of a carbon capture system onboard an oil tanker has received approval in principle from ABS. The design was developed during the first phase of a two-year, three-phase pilot project to demonstrate end-to-end shipboard carbon capture at scale.
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NewsGCMD looking for partner to study CO2 offloading
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has issued an Invitation-for-Proposal (IFP) to evaluate the safety, technical and operational requirements for offloading shipboard captured CO2 during port calls.
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NewsMethanol-fuelled Proman Stena Bulk tanker named
Proman Stena Bulk has formally named its first newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900dwt tanker, Stena Pro Patria, in a ceremony hosted in Trinidad and Tobago.
