Limited sites worldwide offer methanol bunkering

For all the clamour surrounding methanol as shipping’s future fuel, there remains very limited sites worldwide with available bunkering for the in-vogue fuel. New research issued this week from Clarksons Research shows there are just 10 sites worldwide offering methanol bunkering, with another 11 under development. By contrast, for LNG, the other leading alternative fuel

LNG orderbook for containership ship stands at a record high

The global orderbook currently stands equivalent to a “moderate” 10% of fleet capacity, though varies significantly by sector, according to the latest data from Clarksons Research. The orderbook to extant fleet stands at just 4% of the tanker fleet, 7% of the bulker fleet, a sizeable 29% of the containership fleet and an all-time high