Korean Register (KR) has granted an approval in principle (AIP) for a methanol-fueled MR tanker, jointly developed by KR… Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Launched at the Hyundai Mipo dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea, the newly built Lindanger is the world’s first methanol fueled ocean-going vessel. The ship is the first of two dual-fueled 50,000 ...

MITSUI O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced its subsidiary, MOL Coastal Shipping, held a naming and launching ceremony recently for a new methanol-fueled coastal tanker, the Daiichi Meta Maru. This vessel ...

Methanol-powered VLCC. In January 2024, ... Nippon Shipyard will construct the vessel, while Idemitsu Tanker Co. Ltd. has signed up for a long-term charter once the vessel is delivered in 2028.

Methanol as a fuel today. Methanol – chemical formula CH 3 OH – remains a liquid at ambient temperatures and pressures. It's an established fuel already, with established regulations for its ...

Methanol fuel has found some footing in commercial shipping, but it remains sidelined in other sectors, including leisure craft. The Zero.63 catamaran yacht plots a new course, exploring thousands ...

The methanol-powered 49,990 DWT Stena Pro Patria is the first of six state-of-the-art, dual-fuel, mid-range (MR) tankers being built at Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd in China for Proman ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --Three natural gas-to-methanol plants are set to come online by 2020, increasing by 45 percent the United States capacity to produce the alternative fuel. The fuel, used to power ...

The rule will cover fuel tank fill standards for gasoline- and methanol-fueled vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 14,000 pounds or less.

The hydrogen economy – with its vision of gas-guzzling engines replaced by hydrogen fuel cells that produce water instead of smog and greenhouse gases – is a big mistake, according to George ...