In China, the country’s first domestic marine biofuel blending and mixing export deal was completed on March 13 at Sinochem Xingzhong’s Aoshan oil base in Zhoushan, where 2,000 tons of biodiesel and 6,300 tons of high sulfur fuel oil were blended into a high sulfur B24 marine biofuel product, in the first transaction since the […]
In Germany, TT-Line has confirmed that its Baltic Sea ferries Nils Holgersson and Peter Pan ran on bio-LNG throughout 2025, with emission savings documented through certificates issued by the fuel supplier and pooled across the fleet. The fuel is produced from agricultural waste in northern Europe, with biogas fed into the gas grid, then extracted, […]
In the United Kingdom, the government has announced £271 million in grants to decarbonize the maritime sector, with funding available for clean fuels, green boat fuel infrastructure and zero emission vessel development across coastal communities from Teesport to Bristol. The grants, part of a broader £448 million clean maritime commitment, are open for applications this […]
In Panama, the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council led a delegation of ethanol industry executives including representatives from POET, Eco-Energy and Edeniq to assess the feasibility of incorporating ethanol into Panama’s maritime fuel sector, meeting with government officials, the Panama Canal Authority and private operators earlier this month. Panama’s position as one of the world’s […]
In Japan, Iino Shipping and power company J-Power have completed a biofuel test voyage aboard the fuel transport ship Yodohime, the first time a Japanese power company has used biofuel on a vessel equipped with a wind propulsion auxiliary device. The ship took on a 24% biofuel blend at Zhoushan Port in China on January […]
In South Korea, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has launched a platform listing 119 facilities nationwide where manufacturers can test and verify eco-friendly ship equipment, going live on March 9 and requiring no membership to access. Users can search by equipment function, testing institution and certification type, with a map showing facility locations. The […]
In South Korea, the Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute and Mokpo National Maritime University have signed an MOU to jointly develop ammonia fuel supply and propulsion systems for ships, combining KOMERI’s research infrastructure with the university’s training capacity to build a pipeline of specialists in a field that currently has very few. Ammonia produces no […]
In South Korea, HD Hyundai has signed a joint development agreement with the American Bureau of Shipping to design a nuclear electric propulsion system for 16,000 TEU container ships, using a small modular reactor capable of supplying up to 100 megawatts of power. The SMR will drive an electric propulsion system with twin screw propellers […]
In China, Qingdao Daily reports Qingdao Port has completed its first routine green methanol bunkering operation, supplying 2,500 tons to two international vessels simultaneously from a single tanker, the first time the “one vessel, multiple recipients” model has been used in China. The methanol, produced in Shandong province and certified under ISCC EU standards with […]
In China, Sina Finance reported that escalating Middle East conflict following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets on Feb. 28 and Iran’s subsequent move to block the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted global methanol shipping routes, tightening supply chains that carry a large share of the world’s seaborne methanol trade. The strait carries about […]
