Alfa Laval Plans Large-Scale Tests of Methanol Bunkers in Unmodified Existing Engines
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Monday March 8, 2021 Engineering company
Alfa Laval plans to carry out large-scale tests of methanol as a marine fuel in existing unmodified engines. The firm will carry out the tests at the
Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in
Aalborg,
MAN Energy Solutions, it said in an emailed statement on Monday. The company plans to explore the possibility of running the centre s four-stroke, 2 MW diesel engine on methanol without modifications or another pilot fuel, it said. At present, combusting methanol requires a pilot ignition with fuel oil,
Inland Container Ship Planned to Run on Hydrogen by December
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday March 3, 2021 Shipping company
Future Proof Shipping plans to convert one of its inland container ships to run on hydrogen as soon as the end of this year. The firm will work with
Holland Shipyards Group to retrofit the
110m 11.45m vessel the The company expects the ship to be running on hydrogen by
December. Retrofitting means replacing the internal combustion technology with hydrogen technology, removing both the main engine and gearbox, and installing a new modular propulsion system, the company said.
“ The move comes as the industry as a whole looks to move away from GHG-producing fossil fuels
Singapore: MPA Joins Ammonia Bunker Fuel Project
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Thursday February 25, 2021
Singapore has joined a multi-partner ammonia-fuelled tanker project. Called the Castor initiative, it has chalked up successes since its inception a year ago. . As a transshipment and bunkering hub, we are committed to meet IMO2030/2050 decarbonisation goals, Maritime and Port Authority chief executive
Quah Ley Hoon said. We are looking forward to collaborating with like-minded industry partners to support the development and trials of alternative future marine fuels such as ammonia, she added. The MPA’s involvement will allow project partners to tap into the port s experience as a bunkering hub and flag state to gather insights on safety issues and ammonia bunkering procedures, and gain access to research capabilities in Singapore , according to an authority statement.
INTERVIEW: Maersk Decarbonisation Guru Sets Out Path to Zero Carbon
by Jack Jordan, Managing Editor, Ship & Bunker
Monday February 22, 2021 Shipping giant
AP Moller-Maersk is one of the largest corporate consumers of oil on the planet, and has set itself the target of becoming carbon-neutral in the next
three decades.
10.3 million mt of bunker fuel last year, taking up about
4% of total global marine fuel demand. Maersk has been relatively quiet on its decarbonisation plans thus far, while rivals like France s
CMA CGM have made big moves into LNG bunkering. But this week the firm announced it would only be buying vessels capable of burning zero-carbon fuels from now on.