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 […]
In the United Kingdom, Barclays said in a February 2026 report that the global energy transition is evolving less as a clean break from fossil fuels and more as a vast expansion of the energy system, where new sources such as renewables, hydrogen, ammonia and methanol are added alongside existing fuels to meet rising demand. […]
In Belgium, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the European Banking Federation said banks, policymakers and industry leaders are working to turn the European Union’s Sustainable Transport Investment Plan into real projects, warning that aviation and shipping will need far stronger financial support to scale cleaner fuels. The plan from the European Commission […]
In Hong Kong, Manifold Times reports energy firms CLPe and CNOOC completed the city’s first ship to ship LNG refueling of a giant oil tanker when a fuel supply vessel delivered liquefied natural gas to the tanker Maran Dione at the South Cheung Chau Anchorage. The transfer took about seven hours and marked a milestone […]
