Singapore launches new standard for methanol bunkering

Singapore, the world’s largest bunker hub for ships, has launched a new standard for methanol bunkering, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said. The move is aimed at helping to facilitate methanol bunkering at scale as the shipping industry continues to explore alternative fuels for dirty conventional fuel. A new technical reference (TR129)

The ports of Bremen are now ‘methanol-ready’

Climate protection – this topic has long been of crucial importance in the shipping industry as well: more and more new ships are leaving the shipyards with alternative propulsion systems or are being retrofitted accordingly. And this development is also noticeable in the ports of Bremen: It is still primarily container ships or car carriers

WinGD debuts X‑DF‑M platform with methanol-fueled engine

WinGD’s first methanol-fueled engine is to be delivered to shipyard after passing factory and type approval tests. The ten-cylinder, 92 bore X-DF-M engine is destined for a 16,000 TEU container ship and is the biggest methanol-fueled engine built to date. There are 56 X-DF-M engines on order across bore sizes ranging from 52 to 92,

Unibarge secures methanol bunker licenses for key European ports

Two vessels have already completed a bunkering operation barge In July 2024: Chicago, Unibarge’s 3,238 dwt bunker, and the 1,170 TEU boxship Eco Umande, operated by independent common carrier X-Press Feeders of Singapore. The latter one was dubbed to be the world’s first methanol dual-fuel engine conversion for a container vessel. In an operation conducted

Steel cut for Rem Offshore’s underwater methanol construction vessel

Rem Offshore reported that it celebrated the steel cutting ceremony for Bn83/REM Ocean at Song Cam in Vietnam on February 11, two and a half months after signing the contract with fellow countryman Myklebust Verft. The first ship, REM Pioneer, assigned to Bn82, is already parked heavily on the slipway. The keel laying ceremony for

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation orders six tankers

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation declared that it would build six new tankers with an investment of RMB3.4 billion ($470 million). The new construction project consists of two 74,000 dwt methanol-fuel-ready tankers at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) that will be delivered in 2027; two aframax 114,200 dwt methanol dual-fuel tankers and two 109,900 dwt LR2

Partnership working to create methanol fuel cells for cruise ships

Meyer Werft, the German Aerospace Center, and Freudenberg Fuel Cell e-Power Systems have launched a collaboration with the aim of developing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems for use in marine propulsion. The Zero4cruise project will focus on the use of methanol with the PEM fuel cells, allowing the technology to be used to

CIMC Enric to provide methanol fuel supply systems for ships

CIMC Enric’s subsidiary, CIMC Blue Water, announced it will provide methanol fuel supply system to the first batch of 50 inland methanol-powered vessels in China that is currently under construction. At the groundbreaking ceremony, leaders from Zhaoqing Municipal Transportation Bureau, Zhaoqing Haifa Shipping, which is responsible for ship construction, China Classification Society (CCS), and CIMC

Towngas, Global Energy agree to develop green methanol marine fuel supply chain

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) and Global Energy Trading Pte Ltd (Global Energy) in Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly advance the supply and distribution of green methanol as a marine fuel for the shipping industry.  This strategic collaboration between Towngas and Global Energy integrates production and

Spanish Shipyard bags order for methanol-electric vessel

Bibby Marine, a UK-based maritime firm, has placed an order for one commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) with Spain’s Armon Shipyards. The vessel will feature a battery system complemented by dual-fuel methanol engines, enabling it to run in fully electric or hybrid mode. With the capability to operate solely on battery power for a typical