In India, AM Green Ammonia has secured a 10-year renewable ammonia supply contract worth at least €585 million through Germany’s government funded H2Global auction, with shipments from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, to Germany expected to begin in 2029. Under the agreement, Germany’s Hintco will purchase the ammonia for resale in the European market, with the option […]
In Qatar, Kingdom Konsult and Saudi Arabia’s The Biofuel Company announced an exclusive partnership Oct. 6 to introduce B100 biofuel, including for marine bunkering, by combining the Qatari firm’s market development capabilities with the Saudi company’s fuel supply and technical expertise. Manifold Times reports the agreement was announced at AIM Congress 2026 in Dubai, with […]
In Singapore, MOL Ocean Bulk has signed a 25-year iron ore transportation contract with Vale International for two 210,000 deadweight ton carriers scheduled for completion in 2030, using engines capable of switching between ethanol, methanol and heavy fuel oil to reduce shipping emissions. The vessels, described by MOL as the world’s first ore carriers of […]
In China, Hainan Shenneng New Energy plans to produce 10,000 tons of green methanol annually in Yangpu, Danzhou, by the end of 2027, combining hydrogen made with offshore wind power and carbon dioxide from biomass to supply fuel for international ships at Yangpu Port. The company has filed its green hydrogen energy demonstration project and […]
In the United States, POET supplied the fuel for the first U.S. based bunkering of a vessel with 100% bioethanol at the Port of Houston in an operation with global maritime shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk. The operation builds on Maersk’s previous testing of bioethanol in its dual fuel fleet. Kirby Corporation supported fuel transportation and […]
In Denmark, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping says International Maritime Organization member states left major questions unresolved over emissions targets, compliance mechanisms, transition funding and incentives for zero and near zero fuels during negotiations on the Net-Zero Framework. All member states agreed that the primary compliance option for a ship should […]
In India, Gujarat and Assam chief ministers and the federal ports minister laid the foundation stone for the country’s first port based e-methanol plant at Deendayal Port in Kandla, Gujarat, where the 150 tonne per day facility will supply the fuel to ships on the Asia to Europe trade route. The almost $240 million project […]
In Japan, the 4,500-gross-ton Kikomaru completed a two-hour, 33-kilometer demonstration voyage in Osaka Bay Sept. 25 using a hydrogen-only engine developed by Yanmar Power Solution. Owner and operator Ueno Transtech retrofitted the coastal tanker for hydrogen fuel and trained its crew for hydrogen operations under the Nippon Foundation’s Zero Emission Ship Project. The pilot-ignition engine […]
In Japan, Kokuka Sangyo has taken delivery of its first dedicated methanol-fueled vessel, the 1,223-dwt chemical tanker Kokuryu Maru, which completed its first methanol bunkering Sept. 24 at Kinoe Port in Hiroshima Prefecture using fuel that included biomethanol produced at Mitsubishi Gas Chemical’s Niigata plant. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical will charter the 498-gross-ton vessel, which will […]
In South Korea, Electric Times reported a land-based test center for hybrid propulsion systems for medium and large ships opened Sept. 30 in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, allowing complete power systems to be tested before installation aboard vessels. The 34.3 billion won facility includes 6.9 MW and 2.3 MW test rigs for shaft generator motor […]
