Methanex Corporation subsidiary Waterfront Shipping carried out barge-to-ship bunkering of methanol in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam, highlighting the ease with which bunkering could occur for methanol powered vessels. The bunkering operation was seen as a world’s first for alternative methanol fuel. The Takaroa Sun, a long-term chartered vessel owned by NYK Bulkship (Asia), .
Methanex Corporation subsidiary Waterfront Shipping carried out barge to ship bunkering of methanol in collaboration with the Port of Rotterdam on May 11, highlighting the ease with which bunkering co
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Waterfront Shipping’s Takaroa Sun, a methanol dual-fuel vessel is bunkering methanol from the MTS Evidence barge at the Vopak Botlek Terminal in Port of Rotterdam. NYK, Vopak, TankMatch and Waterfront Shipping took part in the world s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam.
The operation at the Vopak Terminal Botlek involved bunker barge MTS Evidence, operated by TankMatch, with the participation of Waterfront Shipping’s Takaroa Sun,
a long-term chartered vessel owned by an NYK subsidiary.
“Waterfront Shipping has been operating methanol-fuelled ships for over five years now, accumulating over 100,000 combined operating hours and has been bunkering methanol for its methanol dual-fuelled vessels via cargo shore pipelines near Methanex’s production facilities,” said Paul Hexter, President of Waterfront Shipping. “When appropriate safety measures are followed, we know that methanol