In India, Chem Industry Digest reports that Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla is developing the country’s first green methanol facility, using Prosopis juliflora, an invasive Mexican-origin shrub that has displaced native grasses across Gujarat’s Banni grasslands, as its primary feedstock. The plant will produce around five tonnes of methanol per day for supply to ocean-going […]
In the United States, LanzaTech says its gas fermentation technology produces ethanol from industrial waste emissions at a cost and scale it says no competing sustainable marine fuel pathway can match, with six commercial plants operating across China, India, and Europe and more than 60 million gallons produced to date. The company cites ethanol’s advantages […]
In Italy, Fratelli Cosulich reports that Lucia Cosulich, the second of four sister vessels in a methanol-ready IMO II series, was launched May 2 at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard in China, two months after the first vessel in the series entered the water. IMO II tankers are designed to carry a broad range of liquid […]
In China, China News Service reports that the vessel Sea Team departed Qinzhou Port’s Yihai terminal carrying 23,305.5 metric tons of liquid ammonia bound for India, marking Guangxi’s first full-ship liquid ammonia export to South Asia. The cargo was produced by Guangxi Hengyi New Materials Co., which operates a synthetic ammonia plant at the Qinzhou […]
In the US, the US Grains and BioProducts Council announced it has conducted market development missions to Portugal and the United Kingdom, meeting with government agencies, energy regulators, and private sector companies to build demand for American ethanol in on-road fuel, sustainable aviation fuel, and marine applications. In Lisbon, the delegation met with Portugal’s national […]
In China, Guangdong Liquid Sunshine has selected Johnson Matthey as technology partner for a commercial-scale biomethanol plant in Tiandong County, Guangxi, designed to supply the growing maritime market for low-carbon fuel, marking JM’s second green methanol plant license win in the country. The plant will use JM’s methanol synthesis technology to convert gasified biomass waste […]
In the United Kingdom, Safety4Sea reports Lloyd’s Register has granted Approval in Principle for a 3,370 TEU feeder vessel concept developed with Seaspan Corporation and German ship designer Technolog. The vessel launches on LNG and is built ammonia-ready, with conversion possible within four weeks during a scheduled dry dock call. Technolog’s design achieves that flexibility […]
In the United Kingdom, Ship & Bunker reports support for the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework is fading at the 84th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee in London, with a rival framework submitted by Liberia, Argentina, and Panama emerging as the frontrunner alternative. The Liberia proposal adjusts emissions targets based on the demonstrated uptake of […]
In the United States, the American Biofuels Maritime Initiative has called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push for a technology-neutral global maritime fuels framework at the IMO’s 84th Marine Environment Protection Committee session, one that includes ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, bio-LNG, and biomethanol. The group argues that maritime shipping represents a major untapped […]
In the United Kingdom, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Laura DiBella joined the US delegation to the International Maritime Organization’s 84th session of the Maritime Environmental Protection Committee in London this week, reinforcing American opposition to the IMO Net-Zero Framework. DiBella argued that the framework amounts to an unnecessary tax on US shippers and vessels operating […]
