In China, Sina Finance reports Exmar’s ammonia-fueled vessel Antwerpen completed its first cargo loading and departed Nanjing’s Qingjiang terminal on June 27 on its first commercial voyage. The ship loaded 30,214 tonnes of liquid ammonia bound for India, a cargo valued at roughly 132 million yuan. The vessel runs on liquid ammonia as propulsion fuel, […]
In China, Shanghai Observer reports the methanol bunker vessel Haijang Zhiyuan delivered 3,000 tonnes of green methanol to the container ship Han Xin Qing Mao at the Lvhuashan South anchorage on June 21, marking Shanghai Port’s first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation in anchorage waters and setting a national record for single-delivery volume at an anchorage. […]
In the United States, the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council escorted a group of Japanese business journalists through Illinois and Texas to build understanding of bioethanol as a feedstock for sustainable marine fuel. The delegation visited an ethanol plant operated by Marquis in Illinois, toured a working corn farm, and attended a seminar at the […]
In Spain, Manifold Times reports energy company Repsol has begun commercial supply of co-processed marine fuels with renewable content at the port of Algeciras, one of the Mediterranean’s busiest bunkering hubs. The launch coincided with the first commercial voyage of Repsol’s new bunkering vessel Bahía Candela, which loaded co-processed fuel at the company’s Petronor refinery […]
In Norway, Azane Infrastructure said it is continuing all three Enova-supported ammonia bunkering projects in Florø, Stavanger and Mongstad, with the terminals targeted to begin operating by 2029. The projects are intended to form the first stage of an ammonia-fueling network along the Norwegian coast and support vessels designed to use ammonia instead of conventional […]
In Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines signed a term agreement with Swiss energy company Axpo to supply bio-LNG to its LNG-fueled car carriers at Málaga and Barcelona in Spain. The deal extends MOL’s European bio-LNG network beyond Zeebrugge, Belgium, where deliveries began under a separate agreement in March 2025. The fuel is made by liquefying methane […]
In Denmark, Kvasir Technologies raised €10 million to scale a marine fuel made from lignin-rich agricultural and forestry residues and begin developing its first commercial production plant. European Energy joined existing investors EIFO, Mærsk Growth and Footprint Fund in the Series A round. It also formed KVEEN Biofuels with Kvasir to pursue the planned facility […]
In Belgium, Fortescue agreed to charter up to 12 ammonia-capable Newcastlemax bulk carriers from Bocimar, the dry bulk division of Antwerp-based CMB.TECH. The 210,000-deadweight-ton vessels will carry Fortescue cargoes under an agreement intended to build commercial demand for ammonia as a marine fuel. Up to three will be delivered with dual-fuel ammonia engines and are […]
In China, China Water Transport Network reports Dalian Shipbuilding’s Tianjin yard delivered the CMA CGM Sihano, the third 15,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship it has built for French carrier CMA CGM, 13 days ahead of schedule. The 366-meter vessel can switch between methanol and conventional fuel and meets the International Maritime Organization’s Tier III emissions […]
In Japan, Ship & Bunker reports NYK, Yanmar Power Solutions and ENEOS will equip a new Tokyo dining cruise ship with a hydrogen fuel cell system before it enters service in 2027. The vessel will replace Lady Crystal, which operates from Tennoz Isle. Yanmar will design the fuel cell system, while Toyota Motor Corporation will […]
