CLPe has today (14 October) announced it recently partnered with CNOOC (Shenzhen) International Marine Clean Energy Co. (CNOOC) to complete what it says is Hong Kong’s first LNG ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering operation for a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC). The six-hour operation, which took place on 26 September at Western Anchorage No. 3 west of Victoria Harbou, saw the 7,000 car equivalent unit (CEU) AICC Fenghuang fuelled with approximately 2,600 cubic metres of LNG by CNOOC’s Haiyang Shiyou 301 bunker vessel. ‘Through close collaboration and meticulous operational planning, CLPe and CNOOC have successfully completed Hong Kong’s first LNG bunkering […]

The Global Centre for Green Fuels hosted a series of panel discussions at SIBCON to progress the development of ethanol as a practical and repeatable bunker fuel. The event, Ethanol Bunkering in Singapore – From First Trials to Commercial Scale, was held yesterday (13 October) and came the day before the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) issued a statement announcing that Singapore will conduct its first ethanol bunkering operation at PSA’s Pasir Panjang Terminal before the weekend. Opening the event, Clarence Woo, Managing Director of the Global Centre for Green Fuels, said ethanol is moving from first trials […]

France-headquartered shipping giant CMA CGM Group and ENGIE Group are set to develop a biomethane production facility in the Le Havre industrial-port zone. In a statement issued yesterday (13 October), CMA CGM said that the project will ‘directly supporting the development of renewable fuel production to secure the energy supply needed to decarbonise its fleet’. CMA CGM anticipates that, by 2030, more than 200 dual-fuel vessels capable of running on biomethane, biomethanol and e-fuels will have joined its fleet. ENGIE will lead the development of the project, including its technical design and permitting process. Subject to a final investment decision, […]