By 2030, a significant share of sea-going vessels are to ‘plug in’ once they have moored along one of Rotterdam’s quays, says Port of Rotterdam Authority.
‘That means a very significant change is coming in terms of crew training. Right now, handling dynamic fuels is for specialists only,’ shares Christopher J. Wiernicki.
‘There’s no one single solution to decarbonise shipping; we need a range of alternative fuels at scale and we need them urgently,’ said Executive Vice President.
The vessels will be powered completely by large-capacity lithium ion batteries and are slated to go into service as bunker vessels in Tokyo Bay, said Asahi...
NYK intends to accelerate further efforts in applying ammonia and hydrogen as marine fuel, in addition to LNG as a bridging solution, said Senior General Manager.
Company sees growing interest from industry leaders such as Maersk and Stena in adopting methanol as a marine fuel and anticipates trend to grow stronger.
The ports of Singapore, Rotterdam and Japan will undertake development of a roadmap on adoption of clean marine fuels in support of decarbonisation.
Partners agreed to leverage on each other’s LNG bunker infrastructure and supply capabilities to provide global supply points across for their customers.
‘We still see circumstances where a product is ‘off-spec’ and the holder of the fuel is then trying to move it back ‘on-spec’ through the use...
‘We will continue to review and adopt a multi-pronged approach to uphold Singapore as a trusted and quality bunkering hub,’ states Chee Hong Tat in opening...
