In China, Qianjiang Evening News reports in Shaoxing’s Shangyu District, construction began on the world’s first pure methanol electric intelligent vessel at the Yonghe Lianyong Port-Industry Zone, a major new logistics hub along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal designed to support inland green shipping and advanced shipbuilding. The vessel, developed by Shaoxing Blue City Zhige Shipbuilding Co., […]
In Japan, the metropolitan government of Tokyo began accepting applications for a subsidy program covering up to ¥80 million per project to support the commercialization of vehicles and ships using low-carbon biofuels, with a total of three projects expected to be selected by June 27. The program targets companies based in Tokyo or groups led […]
In Korea, HD Hyundai Mipo announced on May 19, 2025, that it will build four 45,000 m³ liquefied gas carriers for multinational shipping company Trafigura, following a finalized specification change to a contract signed in April 2023. The ships will carry LPG, ammonia, and vinyl chloride monomer, with deliveries scheduled through 2028. The vessels will […]
In Japan, Nippon Yuka Kogyo, an NYK Group company, announced it will release BioxiGuard—Japan’s first antioxidant developed specifically for marine biodiesel—on August 10, aiming to reduce oxidative degradation by about 50% and support more stable vessel operations. Biofuels used at sea, particularly those derived from waste cooking oil and other fats, contain high levels of […]
In Greece, Manifold Times reports that biofuel bunkering is now available at the Port of Piraeus as of May 16, 2025, where vessels can refuel with certified biofuels under new Greek regulations—placing the port among a growing number in Europe offering lower-carbon marine fuel options. The terminal operator said it “swiftly moved into action to […]
In Singapore, Manifold Times reports in early May, Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services supplied a B24 bio-blended low sulfur marine gas oil to an Orient Overseas Container Line vessel in Singapore, marking its first such delivery of the year and one of the few of its kind globally. The fuel, based on used cooking oil […]
In Brussels, on May 20, 2025, the European Commission awarded €96.7 million to three renewable hydrogen projects in Norway—RjukanH2, Gen2-LH2, and HammerfestH2—marking the EU’s first direct support for maritime hydrogen bunkering under the European Hydrogen Bank’s second auction. Funded through the Innovation Fund, the three projects will receive fixed premium subsidies between €0.45 and €1.88 […]
In Texas on May 19, 2025, Galveston LNG Bunker Port LLC secured its final federal approvals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing the way to begin construction of the first dedicated LNG marine fuel terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The facility, a joint venture between Pilot LNG […]
In the Netherlands on May 13, 2025, Van Oord’s Boreas became the first vessel to receive 500 tons of green methanol via ship-to-ship bunkering in the Port of Amsterdam, using OCI HyFuels-supplied fuel delivered by Unibarge’s Chicago at TMA Logistics’ Amerikahaven terminal. The Boreas is “the first ship of its kind that can sail on […]
In China, on May 7 in Hong Kong, Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical Co. and Orient Overseas Container Line completed the city’s first delivery of ISCC-EU-certified B30 marine biofuel, supplying a container vessel with a 30% biodiesel blend under newly enacted IMO MEPC 83 regulations; financial terms were not disclosed. The B30 fuel blend—30% biodiesel mixed […]
