Shanghai is planning to replace up to 36 waste disposal containerships that currently consume traditional bunker fuel with liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered versions.
The first of such vessels, which ferry domestic waste to disposal facilities along the Huangpu River, was put into service on 4 January, according to local media.
The 55.6-meter-long vessel was built by Shanghai SMI Environmental Industry and has a carrying capacity of 30 twenty-feet equivalent units (TEUs) or 600 metric tonnes (mt).
Photo credit: Kankanews
Publication date: 9 January, 2018
Furetank Rederi AB, Erik Thun AB and Rederi AB Älvtank in vessel fuel supply agreement with firm.
Membrane tanks ensure most intra-Asian, intra-European or intra-American loops can be sailed in one bunkering operation.
SEALNG commissioned analysis reveals scrubbers to be ‘significantly more expansive’ than widely reported.
Uses 7,500 cbm LNG carrier for providing fuel to LNG powered vessels across Malaysia and facilities in region.
Technology can in principle be applied for all vessels operating with LNG bunker fuel; when using bioLNG solution enables negative carbon footprint.
Gasunie LNG, Oiltanking, and Vopak LNG establishing JV on project and launches open season to explore business opportunities.
‘Bunker barges operate in very local areas so these vessels call at port very often which means it will be a good fit for women with families,’ states Elpi Petraki, President of WISTA International.
“Our Singapore branch is under preparation and is expected to start business at the republic before June 2023,” Managing Director Darcy Wong tells bunkering publication Manifold Times in an interview.
Development to supply B35 biodiesel blend officially takes effect on 1 February; local bunker suppliers will be able to deliver updated spec within March onwards, once current stocks of B30 avails run out.
VPS, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Wilhelmsen Ship Management, and INTERTANKO executives offered a multitude of perspectives to 73 attendees during the VPS Biofuels Seminar, reports Manifold Times.
Headway will launch a new fuel supply system suitable for alternative bunker fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia; to focus on procurement and construction of carbon capture systems in 2023 following R&D.
Competition for FAME from aviation and road transportation sectors have resulted in some shipowners resorting to adopt more readily available CNSL blends as biofuel for vessels, explains Steve Bee.
