In China, VENEX Company Limited, a joint venture of Towngas and Foran Energy, signed a strategic cooperation agreement on October 13 with Veolia and SIPG Energy to build a full-scale green methanol fuel supply chain serving the port and shipping industry. The partnership aims to link methanol production, transport, and bunkering through an end-to-end distribution […]
In the Netherlands, OCI Global and Belgian bunkering firm Victrol signed a memorandum of understanding on October 9 to develop a refrigerated clean ammonia bunkering supply chain across Dutch and Belgian ports, including Rotterdam and Antwerp. The collaboration will combine OCI’s terminal infrastructure and global sourcing network with Victrol’s bunkering operations and barge design. OCI […]
In Denmark, Maersk has begun testing a new marine fuel blend of 90% methanol and 10% ethanol aboard the Laura Mærsk, the world’s first container ship powered by methanol. The goal is to evaluate how ethanol performs in dual-fuel engines and whether it can be used across the company’s fleet. The ship will operate on […]
In China, Fratelli Cosulich launched the Maya Cosulich on October 9 at Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipyard, the first methanol-powered chemical bunker tanker built to IMO II standards. Under a charter to TFG Marine, it will become the first methanol dual-fuel bunker tanker to operate in the Port of Singapore. Designed by SeaTech Solutions International, the […]
In China, Shandong-based engine maker Weichai announced on October 13 that it supplied methanol generator sets for the country’s first all-methanol-electric cargo vessel, the 3,000-ton “Three Gorges Green Boat 01,” launched in Yichang, Hubei. The ship uses two 550-kilowatt 6WH17 methanol generators to power electric propulsion, developed for low-emission phosphate transport along the Yangtze River. […]
In Denmark, A.P. Moller – Maersk announced it is retrofitting around 200 vessels in its time-chartered fleet, working with 50 shipowners to install fuel-saving and cargo-boosting upgrades aimed at lowering the cost of moving each container, also known as slot cost. According to Maersk’s Head of Asset Strategy and Strategic Partnerships at Maersk, Ahmed Hassan, […]
In France, Manifold Times reports Madrid-based Molgas Energy Group completed its first bio-LNG bunkering operation at the Port of Le Havre on October 6, supplying a United European Car Carriers vessel and securing a long-term permit to begin regular fueling operations at the site. “This achievement would not have been possible without the collaboration of […]
In Bangkok, Thai operator Seudamgo by Leopard Transportation signed an agreement on October 2 to acquire ten electric hydrofoil ferries from Sweden’s Candela for routes to Koh Kood, one of Thailand’s least developed and most environmentally sensitive islands. Announced at the SX Sustainability Expo, the order covers 20-passenger vessels that cruise above the water on […]
In Greece, on October 6, ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Wiernicki said the International Maritime Organization’s Net Zero Framework is “vital” to avoiding conflicting climate regulations during a keynote at the Capital Link Operational Excellence in Shipping Forum in Athens. “The IMO has a critical role in delivering a unified global regulatory framework, something […]
In Spain, the Port of Málaga announced it supplied 3,000 cubic meters of bioLNG to the container ship MSC Gabon, marking the port’s first bioLNG bunkering operation and expanding its role in clean fuel logistics. The delivery was carried out by Avenir Aspiration and coordinated by AXPO, the first company authorized to provide LNG bunkering […]
