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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. ...

Linde has been selected to supply hydrogen to Norwegian ferry operator Norled's new hydrogen-powered vessel the MF Hydra.

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 syst...

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," ...

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 announ...