The opening day of the 24th Singapore International Bunkering Conference (SIBCON) saw a raft of bunker-related announcements from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) – including the launch of a new Technical Reference for Ammonia Bunkering; a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the use of biomethane as a marine fuel; grants for electric harbour craft; and a heads-up on Singapore’s first ethanol bunkering operation which is due to take place the Pasir Panjang Terminal later this week. Ammonia Bunkering Launched by the MPA and Enterprise Singapore, through the Singapore Standards Council, the new Technical Reference for Ammonia Bunkering […]

Royal Wagenborg has announced the launch and naming of its latest EasyMax vessel at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard. The Abelina Wagenborg is the seventh EasyMax vessel in the Wagenborg fleet, but the first of the EasyMax 2.0 new generation. According to Wagenborg, the vessel ranks number one on the Energy Efficiency Design Index and has been prepared for using alternative fuels including methanol, ammonia and LNG. ‘This fuel flexibility is important in a shipping market in transition,’ Wagenborg said in a statement issued last week. ‘Rather than betting on one single solution, the vessel has been designed to provide […]

CMB.TECH has announced that the Mineral Europa – billed as ‘the world’s first ammonia-powered dry bulk vessel’ – has successfully completed its sea trials and has set sail on its maiden voyage to Australia. In a noticed posted on LinkedIn today (9 October), CMB.TECH said that the Mineral Europa ‘marks the beginning of what can be the fifth propulsion revolution in shipping and proves that large ocean-going ships can be powered by ammonia, without CO₂ emissions from combustion. And this is only the beginning. By 2029, 21 ammonia-powered vessels are scheduled to join the CMB.TECH fleet. ‘Mineral Europa is the […]