Marine fuel sales in Singapore hub increased in October

Marine fuel sales in Singapore surged to a one-year high in October, latest official data showed, as more competitive prices attracted ships to refuel at the world’s top bunkering hub.  October bunker sales totaled 4.25 million tonnes, climbing 7% from September, while vessel arrivals for bunkering at Singapore rose 9% month-on-month at 3,431 vessel calls,

Sasaki bags contract to build methanol bunkering ship for Singapore

Global Energy Trading and Stellar Ship Management Services, wholly owned subsidiaries of Global Energy Group, have contracted Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding to build a 4,000 dwt tanker, which will become the first dedicated methanol bunkering ship in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub, when it delivers at the end of next year. Tags: Bunkering, Methanol, Sasaki

Pacific Basin sees methanol as best option

Pacific Basin Shipping, a Hong-Kong-headquartered dry bulk shipowner, said it sees methanol as its best option as it pursues commercially viable zero-emissions vessels. In May 2022, the company entered into a memorandum of understanding with Nihon Shipyard Co., Ltd and Mitsui & Co., Ltd to cooperate on the development of zero-emission vessels and potential investment

CSSC completed methanol bunkering

China Shipbuilding Hengyu Energy (Shanghai), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has completed the bunkering of three methanol-powered product tankers built by Guangzhou Shipyard International. The 49,900-ton tankers were fueled with a total of 240 tons of methanol, a major milestone for the Chinese methanol fuelling track record. CSSC Hengyu Energy has been

Wavelength bags methanol fuel supply contract

Wavelength Technology Center, a Portugal-based energy and tech company, has secured a contract for a methanol marine fuel supply system. The company has been awarded the engineering supply contract to design a methanol fuel supply system for marine engines. The system will be installed at an undisclosed engine manufacturing site in China. Furthermore, it will

Cargill aims to boost using biofuel, methanol to cut emissions

Cargill Inc seeks to boost its use of biofuels in a bunkering trial and plans to order methanol-fuelled ships as part of its plans to cut emissions. One of the world’s biggest ship charterers, Cargill has been testing the operational performance of biofuels in its vessels since the start of the year as it steps

Pavilion Energy and DNV jointly launch digital LNG bunkering

Pavilion Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek, and class society DNV have jointly developed a fit-for-purpose LNG bunker digital platform for employment in the Port of Singapore. Pavilion Energy and DNV teamed up in 2021 to digitalise LNG bunkering in Singapore and improve DNV’s platform called FuelBoss. A fully digitalised end-to-end solution, which is said

Bunkering for first LNG-fuelled cruise ship performed by Gasum

Gasum recently performed the initial bunkering of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelled cruise vessel to be completed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique at Port of La Rochelle. The LNG was delivered by Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel Kairos. In addition to delivering LNG, Gasum has supported Chantiers de l’Atlantique in the technical preparation of the

Shipping needs to invest heavily to switch to carbon-neutral fuels

According to a forecast released by the classification society DNV reports, the shipping industry will need massive onboard technology investments ranging between $8 to $28 billion per year between 2022 and 2050 to reach full net-zero goals. DNV released its sixth maritime forecast during SMM, an international maritime trade fair in Hamburg, Germany, urging cross-industry

Proman & Stena JV Completed First Methanol Bunkering Operation

The joint venture (JV) of Proman and Stena Bulk have completed first methanol bunkering operation at Ulsan Port in South Korea. The bunkering was executed despite South Korea not being a methanol-producing country and neither vessel – Stena Pro Patria and Stena Pro Marine, was carrying methanol as cargo. Proman Stena Bulk’s fully operational methanol-fuelled