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Ammmonia	Methanol	LNG	BioFuel & Clean Diesel	Nuclear

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?
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Optimarin looks to clean up in the ballast water treatment service market

2025-06-30T09:43:00Z

We spoke to Optimarin about its journey from a BWTS pioneer to market consolidator
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Optimarin has launched a new BWTS promising to boost efficiency, cut costs and ensure compliance
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Ballast water: MEPC 81 struggles to deliver clarity

2024-05-15T07:00:00Z

Several years ago, it was thought the ballast water management (BWM) market would experience a boom, rewarding the cutthroat behaviour of many OEMs with a massive influx of orders and a winner-takes-all profit outcome.