In Hong Kong, World Ports Organization reported the newly launched International Green Fuel Alliance brought together more than 30 maritime, energy, and certification players from 10 countries on November 17, marking a coordinated push to break what organizers call the “three major bottlenecks” of green fuel: fractured standards, skewed supply chains, and missing finance.
Anchored by Huashang Energy Technology and supported by the Hong Kong SAR government, the alliance was unveiled at the 2025 World Maritime Merchants Conference and aims to turn green hydrogen derivatives, including ammonia, methanol, SAF, and biofuels, into globally tradable commodities. With marine demand for biodiesel, RNG, and methanol already topping 246 million tons, organizers project that sustainable fuels could cover 35 percent of the sector’s energy needs by 2035.
But today, trade flows remain stunted by incompatible certifications and misaligned policy. The alliance, co-initiated by the Macao-based International Clean Fuel Forum, plans to set rules, launch demonstration projects, and fuse carbon finance with port logistics.
It is a bet on Hong Kong and Macao as green energy hubs, two ports not known for fuel exports but now staking a claim on standard-setting. “Cross-border green fuel trade,” said Huashang, “is expected to reach hundreds of billions of dollars.”
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