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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? 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. 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? Read More Read More Read More Read More Read More
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen orders two more Shaper PCTCs
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has exercised options for two additional 11,700 ceu Shaper class PCTCs, upsizing two more
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen to integrate renewable fuels in $766 million contract
Wallenius Wilhelmsen inks renewables deal
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NewsUpsizing creates world’s largest PCTCs
Wallenius Wilhelmsen is upsizing four Shaper Class vessels to 11,700 ceu, making them the largest PCTCs
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NewsCheaper supply and regs Needed to support MeOH use
Wallenius Wilhelmsen, the Oslo based PCTC and logistics group, has doubled an order for 9,350 CEU capacity Shaper class methanol dual fuel ammonia ready vessels at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd to eight, with a further four units still under option.
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NewsPayback Promise From New Bulbous Bow
Vehicle carrier and logistics specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen has implemented a vessel upgrading project entailing the retrofit of a new form of bulbous bow. The scheme promises average fuel savings of at least 6% and a corresponding cut in the recipient ship’s CO2 emissions by 1,400t per annum.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen bunkers first biofuel in Korea trial
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has conducted its first biofuel bunkering involving the use of a B30 HSFO-biofuel drop in blend in Korea. The bunkering of the 6,354 teu pure care and truck carrier Torrens was undertaken at Masan Port in South Korea.
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NewsWallenius Wilhelmsen orders 4+8 methanol-fuelled PCTCs
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered four 9,350 car equivalent unit (ceu) vessels from Jinling Shipyard in Jiangsu province, China. The vessels will be capable of operating on methanol as a fuel, and will be ammonia-ready. The order includes individual options for a further eight vessels.
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NewsBiofuel supplier for Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Energy major ExxonMobil has signed a contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen to supply renewable biofuel to Wilhelmsen’s vessels calling in Europe. The contract specifies deliveries at Zeebrugge, with an option for Rotterdam.
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NewsA Sea Change In Regional Box Trade
Two newbuild boxships under construction in China for intra-European trade under charter to North Sea Container Line (NCL) will combine Berg Propulsion’s direct-drive solution with the use of methanol fuel. Besides the efficiency gains promised by the particular blend of engineering arrangements, the MAN two-stroke, dual-fuel main engine installation offers a pathway to carbon-neutrality through operation on ‘green’ methanol.
