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Rotterdam sees first green methanol bunkering operation with arrival of Maersk box ship
Maersk’s new methanol-powered box ship completed the methanol bunkering en route to Copenhagen
Built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea, the 2,100-TEU ship is on its maiden voyage sailing through Singapore and the Suez to its final destination of Copenhagen, where the ship will be named.
The vessel has now completed a green-methanol bunkering, claimed to be a European first by green methanol supplier OCI Global which conducted the bunkering at the Port of Rotterdam, the ship’s final call before Copenhagen.
The ship took on OCI’s HyFuels green methanol brand for the final leg of its maiden voyage.
The same ship was part of Singapore’s first methanol bunkering operation on 27 July at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage when it took on 300 tonnes of bio-methanol, also supplied by OCI.
Through its OCI HyFuels brand, the company claims to be the largest green methanol producer globally with up to 200,000 tonnes per annum equivalent. The company’s offerings include biomethanol, e-methanol, recycled carbon fuel methanol, renewable natural gas, ethanol and bio-MTBE.
Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and bunker hub, making this an important milestone in the future decarbonisation of shipping and supply chains and positioning OCI as one of the first commercial bunker operators of methanol in the region. Last month, the company signed a deal to supply methanol to vessels operated by X-Press Feeders.
OCI will also partner with Unibarge to develop the world’s first dual-fuel bunker barge powered by green methanol, which will be deployed in Rotterdam next year.
OCI Global also operates the Port of Rotterdam’s only ammonia import terminal, which it is expanding to triple its throughput capacity in anticipation of growing demand for ammonia from various industries.
Maersk has 25 newbuild methanol ships on order, spanning from 9,000-17,200-TEU capacity, and scheduled for delivery from 2024 through 2027.
Riviera’s two-day Maritime Decarbonisation, Europe: Conference, Awards & Exhibition 2023 returns to Amsterdam on 26-27 September 2023, seeking to bring clarity to regulatory directions and decarbonisation pathways for both newbuilds and existing vessels
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