In China, Shanghai Observer reports Wu Yingyang, executive dean of the Shanghai Green Energy Low Carbon Science and Technology Research Institute, said May 30 that China’s green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol industry could turn domestic wind, solar and biomass resources into shipping fuel, chemical feedstocks and a hedge against oil import dependence. Wu said China […]
In Honduras, Carnival Corporation, government officials and industry partners introduced LNG bunkering at Isla Tropicale in Roatán on June 1, using a mobile fueling system to refuel Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Jubilee. The operation gives Latin America and the Western Caribbean a cruise LNG refueling point, a fuel infrastructure move rather than a new vessel […]
In Singapore, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company signed a memorandum of understanding on May 25, 2026, to explore alternative fuels, digital port operations, new routes and maritime workforce development while reinforcing MSC’s 30-year Singapore presence. The agreement is exploratory rather than a project contract, but its shopping list […]
In the United Kingdom on May 26, Lloyd’s Register’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub published a report finding that the top 19 bunkering ports control roughly half of global marine fuel demand but that credible alternative fuel production is emerging largely outside those hubs, meaning early trade will depend on linking export gateways to demand centers through […]
In the United States, Safety4Sea reported on May 19, New York State lawmakers introduced the Clean Ferries Bill, requiring publicly funded operators to buy only zero-emission vessels from 2028 and convert all public vessels in state waters to zero-emission by 2032, to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions linked to respiratory illness. The bill directs state energy […]
In Japan on May 21, Kamei Corporation began supplying 100% HVO marine fuel derived from used cooking oil via ship-to-ship transfer at Keihin Port, the first such operation in the country, using Euglena’s next-generation biodiesel brand Susteo under a Tokyo Metropolitan Government-backed technology development program. HVO’s classification as a secondary petroleum product allows it to […]
In the United States on May 26, the Long Beach Harbor Commission approved a $1 million Clean Fuel Bunkering Challenge for the first oceangoing vessel to commercially bunker methanol at the Port of Long Beach, where methanol-capable ships already call but depart on conventional fuel because no methanol supply exists at the port. Methanol bunkering […]
At the International Maritime Organization’s 111th Maritime Safety Committee session, safety guidelines for ammonia as fuel on gas carriers were approved, the result of a collaboration among Belgium, shipowner EXMAR and Lloyd’s Register, who drew on more than four decades of gas carrier operational experience to ground the rules in real-world practice. Belgium led the […]
In China on May 18, the Dongfang Qinggang, a 64-TEU hydrogen fuel cell-powered container vessel, left Jiaxing Port’s Zhapu terminal under its own zero-emission power for Hangzhou Xiasha Port, becoming the first hydrogen fuel cell ship in commercial inland waterway service in China, with a 380-kilometer range, 550-kilogram hydrogen storage capacity and a 240-kilowatt marine […]
In China on May 20, methanol bunker vessel Haigang Zhiyuan delivered 1,000 cubic meters of marine methanol to 9,300-CEU ro-ro vessel Gangrong at Shanghai’s Waigaoqiao terminal in the port’s second ship-to-ship simultaneous methanol bunkering operation, as Shanghai builds toward a combined cargo-handling and bunkering service model. Despite multiple hazards, the operation completed without incident. Methanol’s […]
