In China, CCTV reports on July 2 at Yangpu Port in Hainan, the COSCO Shipping Yangpu, China’s first methanol dual-fuel container ship, was refueled with 200 tons of green methanol produced from food waste and animal manure. The fuel, made using biogas from anaerobic digestion, was sourced and supplied entirely within the island province.
The operation was carried out by China COSCO Shipping Corporation in coordination with Sinopec’s marine fuel subsidiary. It marked the ship’s first methanol bunkering and the first full demonstration of China’s domestic supply chain for waste-based green methanol, covering production, transport, storage, and delivery.
The fuel is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 325 tons, exceeding the 65 percent reduction threshold set by the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive. According to the International Maritime Organization, global shipping emits about one billion tons of greenhouse gases each year, or 13 percent of the transport sector’s total.
“This time the green methanol bunkering realized a full closed-loop industrial chain from biomass collection, processing, storage, transport to terminal bunkering,” said Qin Ling, general manager of Sinopec’s marine fuel unit. He said the operation verified the feasibility of China’s integrated model for green methanol supply.
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Category: Sustainable Marine Fuels
