Record 48 methanol-powered ship orders placed in July

Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform data presented by DNV showed that a total of 62 alternative fuel vessels were ordered in July.  The month also witnessed another record for methanol ships announced, with 48 ships added to the AFI platform, including 15 retrofits.

According to the AFI data, orders for LNG-fuelled ships continue at a steady pace, with a total of 14 newbuilds ordered in July. This month’s orders brought the number of confirmed LNG-fuelled crude oil tankers past the 100 mark, 65 of which are already in operation.

It is to be noted that A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) will host a week of festivities, including the name giving event and other activities from 18 to 21 September in Copenhagen, Denmark, to celebrate the world’s first container vessel sailing on green methanol.

The container ship was part of Singapore’s first methanol bunkering operation on 27 July when the Maersk container vessel was successfully refuelled with approximately 300 metric tonnes of bio-methanol via Hong Lam Marine’s Singapore-registered tanker, MT Agility, for its onward maiden passage to Copenhagen.