Ports Of Amsterdam And Rotterdam Participates To Study Methanol As Marine Fuel

Maritime Knowledge Centre has supported a consortium of leading international maritime companies, to join forces to study methanol as a marine fuel. It aims to investigate the feasibility of methanol as a sustainable alternative transport fuel in the maritime sector. Major shipowners Boskalis, The Royal Netherlands Navy, Van Oord and Wagenborg Shipping, together with shipbuilders, Damen Shipyards, Feadship, Royal IHC and major marine engine manufacturers Pon Power and Wärtsilä together with their trade association VIV will take part in the consortium. Specialized marine equipment suppliers like Marine Service Noord and maritime service providers including C-Job Naval Architects complete the maritime supply chain.

For studying the infrastructure and supply chain for methanol is also addressed by the participation two largest ports of The Netherland; Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as methanol suppliers BioMCN and Helm Proman and trade organization Methanol Institute.

“Together the consortium partners – which include all the main stakeholders in the transport supply chain – bring extensive experience and knowledge which will help to make this project a success,” says Pieter Boersma, Business Director Maritime & Offshore of TNO. “The inclusion of shipowners, shipyards, OEMs, ports and methanol suppliers demonstrates the strong interest to integrate experience and knowledge from the entire value chain in the Green Maritime Methanol project. As part of the project, the partners will look at concrete possibilities to adopt methanol as marine fuel on either newbuilds or conversions of the existing fleet. ”

Finally, some of The Netherlands’ leading research institutes including TNO, TU Delft, NLDA and Marin will provide knowledge-building and research capacity for the project by studying operational profiles, ship configurations, engine configurations, performances, various emissions as well as many other relevant topics.

The Green Maritime Methanol project is expexted to be completed within two years and is supported by TKI Maritime and the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Reference: marine-service-noord.com

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