
Fratelli Cosulich has taken delivery of the newbuild chemical bunker barge equipped to carry methanol and biofuels up to B100.

Swiss marine power company WinGD will record the first installation of its new X-S short-stroke engine design following successful factory acceptance tests with engine builder Dalian Marine Diesel.

The Methanol Institute (MI) has welcomed US-based low-carbon fuel facility development company StormFisher Hydrogen as its newest member.

Carbon Clean has started the module assembly process at Ørsted’s FlagshipONE eMethanol project in Sweden.

Norwegian shipping and logistic company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has updated its progress on emissions targets and performance related to its sustainability-linked financing framework established in 2022.

Denmark-based shipping company MH Simonsen has placed an order for eight hybrid-electric methanol dual-fuel chemical tankers at China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding.

Norwegian shipping company MPC Container Ships (MPCC) has signed a $55 million pre- and post-delivery ECA-covered financing agreement with Deutsche Bank and SINOSURE for its two dual-fuel methanol newbuildings.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide methanol-fueled auxiliary engines for twelve new 24,000 TEU containerships owned by Chinese shipping companies COSCO Shipping Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).

Maersk Training, part of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, and compatriot Green Marine, a pioneer in methanol-powered maritime solutions, have entered into a strategic partnership to establish Maersk Training powered by Green Marine.

CEEC Hydrogen Energy has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Headway Technology Group (Qingdao) on cooperation in hydrogen.

Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute, part of the China State Shipbuilding Group, and German shipping company Toepfer Transport have unveiled new methanol-capable multipurpose vessel (MPP) designs.

The Global Maritime Forum and RMI (founded as the Rocky Mountain Institute), under Mission Innovation’s umbrella, have released a report outlining strategies for ports to become first movers in providing green methanol and ammonia bunkering.

Hong Kong-based containership owner Seaspan Corporation and German container shipping major Hapag-Lloyd have entered into a partnership agreement to retrofit and convert five 10,000 TEU containerships powered by conventional S90 engines to dual-fuel engines capable of running on methanol.

ClassNK has awarded approval in principle (AiP) for a methanol fuel supply system developed by Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding.