In Norway, DNV reports that 38 alternative-fueled vessels were ordered in April 2026, bringing the year-to-date total to 83 after a weak first quarter. LNG led with 20 orders across car carriers, container ships, crude tankers, and cruise vessels. Fourteen orders were for LPG and ethane carriers, and four ammonia-fueled bulk carriers rounded out the […]
In the United Kingdom, gCaptain reports that the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework emerged intact from MEPC 84 in London after a week of negotiations, with carbon pricing remaining at the center of the proposal despite a coordinated push by the United States and allied states to weaken or reopen it. The U.S., Saudi Arabia, and UAE […]
In South Korea, Today Energy reports that Hanwha Ocean has received an order for three very large ammonia carriers from an African shipowner valued at approximately 507.4 billion won ($350 million at current rates), with deliveries scheduled through January 2030. The order brings Hanwha Ocean’s cumulative ammonia carrier orderbook to 10 vessels. The company received […]
In Canada, FortisBC Energy reports completing its 10,000th LNG refuelling event for marine vessels, a decade after launching bunkering operations at the Port of Vancouver in 2016. Recent firsts recorded at the port include Canada’s first ship-to-ship LNG transfer, the first LNG bunkering of a car carrier, and the first cruise ship bound for Alaska […]
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 […]
