NTPC signs MoU with Maire Tecnimont to produce green methanol

NTPC Ltd has entered into an agreement with the Indian subsidiary of the leading engineering & construction provider Maire Tecnimont Group, Italy to create a commercial scale green methanol production facility in India. The state-owned giant has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Tecnimont Private Limited to jointly evaluate and explore the possibility of

Vestas partners with NOS to explore CTVs

Vestas, a Danish wind turbine maker, has joined forces with crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator Northern Offshore Services (NOS) to explore how the world’s first methanol-powered CTV can help reduce carbon emissions from offshore service operations. The CTV, provided and developed by N-O-S, will be powered by a dual-fuel solution, capable of being powered by

Marinfloc delivers methanol fuel container vessels project

Marinfloc has initiated delivery of their combined EGR bleed-off and Bilge water separators for a major South Korean newbuilding project. To date, three of a total of twelve shipments for the 16,200 TEU methanol-powered vessels have been sent. ABS, Lloyds, DNV and MAN Energy Solutions have approved Marinfloc’s innovative solution, which also complies with MEPC.107(49)

Maersk signs MoU with SunGas for green methanol

A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed a green methanol letter of intent with Houston-based SunGas Renewables, which provides technology and equipment systems for large-scale production of renewable fuels. This is Maersk’s ninth such partnership to drive the acceleration of global production capacity for green methanol. The letter of intent covers the production of green methanol

HMM orders dual fuel ships

HMM is the latest shipping line to be veering towards methanol dual fuel orders with multiple local media outlets suggesting it has invited tenders from Korean yards to build up to nine 8,000 teu dual fuel ships. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and HJ Shipbuilding & Construction are all

Waterfront Shipping enters into time-charter agreement with Trafigura

Waterfront Shipping, a subsidiary of Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol, announced that it has entered into a time-charter agreement with Trafigura, one of the world’s largest physical commodity trading groups. Under the agreement, Trafigura will operate the co-owned Waterfront Shipping and Clean Sea medium-range product tanker, Mari Innovator, as part of

Damen and Caterpillar agree for development of methanol dualfuel tugs

Together with Derrick York (Caterpillar Inc.) and Kees-Jan Mes (Pon Power), Damen Group CEO Arnout Damen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development of a series of dual-fuel methanol / diesel powered tugs. Electrically powered tugs are ideal for zero emission operations in harbors and terminals where low-cost electricity can be

Cecon contracts Sefine Shipyard for methanol-fuelled cable layer

Cecon Contracting has contracted Sefine Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of a methanol dual-fuel cable-lay vessel. The vessel, designed by NSK Ship Design together with Cecon’s engineering team will deliver in the first quarter of 2025. The company added that extensive operational experience has been applied to develop a versatile work platform, allowing the

Maersk signs MOU with Jordan for green methanol production

A.P. Moller – Maersk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources for cooperation in the field of green marine fuel production. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Through the agreement, which

Maersk strengthened efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol

Danish carrier A.P. Moller – Maersk has further strengthened its efforts to accelerate global production of green methanol having teamed up with US-based project developer Carbon Sink. The world’s second-largest liner has signed a letter of intent that covers the development of green methanol production facilities by Carbon Sink in the US. The first facility