French shipping giant CMA CGM has announced that its latest methanol-powered container ship, the 15,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) capacity CMA CGM Lorenzaccio, was officially named yesterday (15 October). In a notice posted on LinkedIn today (16 October), CMA CGM said that the vessel will join the REX2 service. The CMA CGM Lorenzaccio is the fifth methanol dual-fuel container ship delivered by China’s CSSC (Tianjin) Shipbuilding this year. Image: CMA CGM / LinkedIn

Netherlands-based inland shipping company AMS Barging has christened its new diesel-electric, methanol-ready bunker tanker, Felicitas, at Noordereiland in Rotterdam. Designed by RensenDriessen Shipbuilding and fitted out by Den Breejen Shipyard, the 9,000 cubic metre (cbm) cargo capacity vessel features 12 cargo tanks, a dual piping system, two mass flow meters, a nitrogen generator, a bunker boom and a cargo pumping capacity of 1,800 cbm per hour. The addition brings AMS Barging’s fleet to 17 vessels. Earlier this year, the company christened Fortuna, a sister vessel to Felicitas. ‘No one knows exactly what the fuel mix will look like in ten […]

Marine fuel sales in Fujairah continued their up-and-down trend in September. After dipping to 225,767 cubic metres (cbm) in August, total bunker sales (minus lubricants) in the Mideast bunkering hub bounced back to 236,285 cubic metres (cbm). September’s bunker sales were the highest since the US/Iran conflict began at the end of February. Low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) 380 cSt accounted for 144,053 cbm in September, down from August’s 149,202 cbm. This was, of course, down significantly on the 371,840 cbm reported for September 2025. LSFO 180 cSt sales totalled 498 cbm last month, up on August’s 70 cbm, but […]