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Accelleron: Asia Pacific ports advance cross-sector hydrogen and e-fuel readiness

Company’s report Asia Pacific as the proving ground for overcoming shipping’s carbon-neutral fuel deadlocks, showing early green hydrogen and e-fuel projects advancing across major ports.
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Accelleron: Asia Pacific ports advance cross-sector hydrogen and e-fuel readiness

Accelleron on Thursday (30 April) released a new report, highlighting how Asia Pacific ports are building early foundations for green hydrogen-based e-fuel markets through coordinated cross-sector action. 

This momentum is being driven not only by decarbonisation, but also by a focus on long-term energy security across the region. 

The ships are ready, the fuels are missing. While vessel technology has advanced rapidly and dual-fuel ships capable of running on methanol and ammonia are setting sail, fuel production remains very slow, due to fragmented demand, high upfront costs, and the scale of infrastructure required.

“Where e-fuel projects succeed, energy and multiple hard-to-abate industries move together. Combining demand creates contracts large enough to start building, shares risk so projects become insurable, and allows developers to build infrastructure once instead of duplicating it,” said President of the Medium- and Low-Speed Division at Accelleron, Christoph Rofka. 

“Ports can anchor that process by planning and developing bunkering infrastructure to supply inland power generation and industrial demand first, preparing the way for future maritime uptake.”

Accelleron’s report Asia Pacific as the proving ground for overcoming shipping’s carbon-neutral fuel deadlocks, showing early green hydrogen and e-fuel projects advancing across major ports, including Singapore, Yokohama, Busan, and Shanghai. These pilots are being driven by national hydrogen and e-fuel strategies linked to industrial decarbonisation and energy security objectives, rather than shipping demand alone. 

Across the region, ports are advancing ammonia and methanol projects, developing safety frameworks, strengthening fuel-handling capabilities, and building operational readiness. At the same time, early hydrogen and e-fuel production is moving forward through cross-sector offtake in land-based industries such as power generation, chemicals, and heavy industry. This broader demand base allows fuel systems, infrastructure, and standards to develop ahead of anticipated larger-scale maritime uptake.

The research shows the outline of an early e-fuel market emerging in Asia Pacific, with ports taking on complementary roles based on their resource bases, industrial structures, and geographies. A supply-demand dynamic architecture for hydrogen and e-fuels is forming, with  ports leveraging their strengths to serve as either producers, connectors, receivers, or export sources.

In addition, high-volume trade corridors like the Australia-Singapore-China iron ore route, are emerging as practical pathways for early fuel deployment, aligning industrial demand (iron ore conversion with hydrogen), maritime traffic, and port readiness. The research also highlights the Singapore-Rotterdam route as a developing link between Asia Pacific’s emerging e-fuel system and European demand centres.

The Port of Yokohama illustrates how national policy, local government coordination, and industry collaboration are realising this public-private cross-sector approach in practice. As one of Japan’s designated Carbon Neutral Ports under the program led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Yokohama is aligning port development with nearby industrial demand and the national energy strategy.

The Port of Yokohama’s roadmap comprises 145 public‑private partnership projects covering fuel-handling systems, hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol supply chains, as well as a robust program of port-area decarbonisation, including shore power, electrified equipment, and financing mechanisms. It is also coordinating closely with neighbouring Kawasaki City to align regional fuel supply planning and industrial energy demand.

“To achieve decarbonisation in international shipping and logistics, and in heavy industries such as power generation, steelmaking, and chemicals, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has launched the Carbon Neutral Port initiative, which aims to broadly decarbonise port areas, where all of these converge,” said Director for Carbon Neutral Port Promotion, Port and Harbor Bureau, City of Yokohama, Hitoshi Nakamura.

“Public support is critical to enabling early development, especially when we are working across multiple sectors. Through the Yokohama Port CNP Sustainable Finance Framework, we have made it easier for companies to access green loans and other financing, and in a short time have launched 145 projects spanning port decarbonisation, fuel-related infrastructure, and supply chains. We see that this structured, public-private, cross-sector approach is effective in accelerating infrastructure and market development, and we are seeing very promising progress toward the goals of the CNP initiative.”

Note: The full report titled ‘Accelerating to Net Zero: Asia Pacific as the proving ground for overcoming shipping’s carbon neutral fuel deadlocks?’ can be found here.

 

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Published: 4 May, 2026

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MOL inks bio-LNG bunker fuel supply deals with Titan and Axpo for car carriers in Europe

Titan, part of Amsterdam-based Molgas, will continue to supply bio-LNG fuel in Northwest Europe, while Axpo will take charge of supply in the Mediterranean region.
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MOL inks bio-LNG bunker fuel supply deals with Titan and Axpo for car carriers in Europe

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) on Thursday (18 July) said it has signed new supply agreements in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean region to expand the use of bio-LNG marine fuel on MOL-operated LNG-fuelled car carriers.

Titan, part of Amsterdam-based Molgas, will continue to supply bio-LNG fuel in Northwest Europe, while Axpo will take charge of supply in the Mediterranean region.

MOL said the agreement makes it possible for its company to supply bio-LNG fuel for automobile carriers in the Mediterranean region, specifically Port of Malaga and Barcelona in Spain, following the bio-LNG fuel supply agreement in Western Europe, which commenced in March last year.

The bio-LNG fuel to be supplied in this initiative has a lifecycle carbon intensity (carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy consumption) of -15 g-CO2/MJ or less, from production through consumption. Furthermore, this bio-LNG fuel has obtained International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC-EU). 

“Through this supply agreement, MOL has established a framework that ensures a continuous and stable supply of bio-LNG fuel not only in Northern Europe but also in the Mediterranean,” the company said.

As part of the group’s efforts to adopt alternative fuels and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is utilising LNG-fuelled vessels as a bridge solution to facilitate the transition to carbon-neutral fuels such as bio-LNG and synthetic LNG (e-methane).

In 2025, MOL signed a bio LNG fuel supply agreement in Northwest Europe with Titan, part of the Molgas, and MOL has continued this bio LNG fuel supply agreement with the same company in 2026 as well.

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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Kvasir Technologies lands EUR 10 million to scale bio bunker fuel production

The Danish biofuel startup raised the fund in a Series A investment round, which will provide capital to develop and design a new commercial production plant and scale climate-neutral drop-in marine fuel.

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Kvasir Technologies lands EUR 10 million to scale bio bunker fuel production

Danish biofuel startup Kvasir Technologies on Thursday (18 June) said it has raised EUR 10 million (USD 11.4 million) in a Series A investment round with participation from European Energy as a new investor, alongside existing investors EIFO, Maersk Growth and Footprint Fund. 

The Series A round provides capital to develop and design a new commercial production plant and scale climate-neutral drop-in fuel to be used in existing vessels.

At the same time, European Energy and Kvasir Technologies are entering into a strategic partnership by establishing the company KVEEN Biofuels, which is working towards the construction of a commercial-scale plant to produce biofuels using Kvasir Technologies’ patented technology.

“This investment round enables us to take the next crucial steps in developing and scaling our technology. At the same time, it underlines that there is still strong support for solutions that can deliver real climate impact in the maritime sector,” said Joachim Bachmann Nielsen, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and CEO of Kvasir Technologies.

Kvasir Technologies, a spin-out from research at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), has developed a new technology to convert a wide range of non-edible lignin- based residues from agriculture and forestry into refined biofuels for shipping.

The climate-neutral biofuel can serve as an immediate replacement for fossil marine fuel without the need to modify ship engines or change existing infrastructure.

The new funding will be used, among other things, to scale the technology at Kvasir Technologies’ test facility in Fredericia, which can produce up to 2 metric tonnes (mt) of biofuel per day.

At the same time, development work will begin on the first commercial plant in the city of Aabenraa in the southern part of Jutland, which will demonstrate the technology on an industrial scale.

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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BeHydro secures LR’s first class approval for 100% hydrogen marine engine

Engine has been developed and tested at ABC Engines’ facility in Ghent and is designed to operate entirely on hydrogen, without the need for pilot fuels.
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BeHydro secures LR’s first class approval for 100% hydrogen marine engine

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) on Wednesday (17 June) said it has issued the first Type Approval Certificate for a 100% hydrogen-fuelled, spark-ignited marine engine.

The approval has been awarded to the hydrogen engine developed by BeHydro and confirms the design meets LR’s requirements for safety, performance and reliability in marine applications.

The engine has been developed and tested at ABC Engines’ facility in Ghent and is designed to operate entirely on hydrogen, without the need for pilot fuels. This simplifies system design and removes onboard carbon emissions at source, positioning the technology as a practical option for operators exploring zero-carbon propulsion.

Claudene Sharp-Patel, Global Technical Director, Lloyd’s Register, said: “The issue of this Type Approval Certificate demonstrates that hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine technology is continuing to mature as a viable option for maritime applications.

“For shipowners and operators, independent certification is essential in building confidence that emerging fuel technologies can meet the industry’s expectations for safety, reliability and operational performance.”

Tim Berckmoes, CEO at ABC Engines, said: “This LRS type approval of our BeHydro 100% hydrogen engines with zero emissions is a confirmation of the future proof technology that BeHydro can offer to innovative shipowners worldwide.

“The 100% hydrogen engine range is available from 900 kW till 2670 kW for different marine applications.”

LR previously awarded Type Approval to BeHydro for its hydrogen-powered dual-fuel engine in 2023, which was the first Type Approval for a dual-fuel hydrogen engine. 

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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