Methanol

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Ørsted and ESVAGT have decided to invest in what is claimed to be the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. 

11th April 2022

Ørsted and ESVAGT plan methanol-fuelled SOV

11th April 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Six companies have formed a partnership that aims to establish Asia’s first green e-methanol plant that will use renewable electricity to convert captured biogenic CO2 into green e-methanol and make it available…

7th April 2022

Southeast Asia’s first e-methanol plant planned

7th April 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The international consortium Bornholm Bunker Hub is looking for partners and customers seeking to accelerate decarbonisation and refuel vessels with sustainable fuels at the Port of Roenne, Denmark’s easternmost industrial port.

6th April 2022

Sustainable fuels bunkering planned for Roenne by 2025

6th April 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

OCI, a leading global producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products, has partnered with NortH2 project to develop the first integrated green ammonia and methanol value chains to OCI’s plants in the Netherlands.

4th April 2022

Dutch integrated green ammonia and methanol value chain project advances

4th April 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Global Maritime Forum has released the third edition of its Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects report noting a 25% increase in projects from 2020 to 2021.

4th April 2022

Number of zero-emission projects grows by 25%

4th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Caterpillar Marine has joined the push to streamline the adoption of methanol as a marine transport fuel.

1st April 2022

Green methanol push

1st April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The ‘world’s first’ methanol fuelled towboat looks set to launch in 2023

7th December 2021

First methanol fuelled towboat

7th December 2021

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

ABS has published guidance on Methanol as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in design and operation of methanol-fuelled vessels. The whitepaper provides information for shipowners considering methanol as an option in both…

26th February 2021

ABS: Methanol as marine fuel

26th February 2021

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

ABS has published the ABS Guide for Gas and Other Low-Flashpoint Fuel Ready Vessels to support shipowners looking to build a new vessel or convert an existing one to use LNG, methanol,…

8th September 2020

ABS: Gas and Other Low-Flashpoint Fuel Ready Vessels

8th September 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

In a new technical reference document, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and the Methanol Institute (MI) have produced a Bunkering Technical Reference on Methanol. The new guidance outlines the procedures required for the safe…

1st September 2020

LR: Introduction to Methanol Bunkering

1st September 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

In a new white paper, Svanehøj looks into Power-to-X (PtX), which could be a key technology in the transition away from fossil fuels. PtX offers a solution to convert electricity from renewable…

25th August 2020

Svanehoj: From Oil to Electrofuels

25th August 2020

WHITE PAPERS

WHITE PAPERS

The sulphur emission control areas (SECAs) in place in North-America and Northern Europe, in combination with the upcoming global 0.5% limit on sulphur in 2020 (or 2025) and similar EU limits in…

30th November 2018

Alternative fuels for an LR1 tanker: Costs and benefits

30th November 2018