Alternative Fuels & Lubricants

Super fuel storage solution for methanol in the mainstream

2024-05-15T10:47:00

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Source: SRC Group

Methanol overtook its rivals as shipping’s preferred for new ships ordered in 2023 and now a ‘Methanol Superstorage’ solution means that the fuel type can be integrated into retrofits and newbuilds alike, writes Hannes Lilp, CEO, SRC Group.

DNV and Clarksons’ World Fleet Register show methanol-capable vessels moving ahead of other dual fuel orders for the first time last year, with Chris Chatterton, COO, The Methanol Institute saying 2023 “could fairly be called the year that methanol went mainstream”.

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