In an event kept in Trinidad as well as Tobago on November 23, 2022, Proman Stena Bulk Ltd officially called its initial newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fueled 49,900 DWT vessel, Stena Pro Patria.
Stena Pro Patria is the initial of 3 methanol-fueled vessels provided in 2022 to the joint endeavor in between vessel business Stena Bulk as well as the methanol manufacturer Proman, with an additional 3 newbuilds due for distribution in between currently as well as 2024.
The calling event was the initial for a methanol-fueled newbuild in Trinidad as well as Tobago, as well as was participated in by Trinidad as well as Tobago’s PrimeMinister,Dr Keith Rowley, in addition to the Minister ofEnergy as well as Energy Industries, the Honourable Stuart Young
During the see, Stena’s management, consisting of William Olsson, Chairman ofStena Sessan ABDOMINAL as well as Board Member Stena ABDOMINAL; Erik Hånell, President & & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Stena Bulk ABDOMINAL; as well as Markus Lindbom, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Stena Rederi ABDOMINAL, had a possibility to go to Proman’s fourteen petrochemical manufacturing centers in the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, as component of a plant excursion led by Proman’s Chief Executive David Cassidy.
Proman is the biggest capitalist as well as company in the Point Lisas Industrial Estate, which is residence to Trinidad as well as Tobago’s downstream petrochemicals industry. Proman’s centers consist of the M5000 methanol plant, which creates low-carbon methanol by reusing carbon monoxide 2 generated from neighboring ammonia plants. Since 2006, virtually 24 million tonnes of carbon monoxide 2 have actually been caught from both Proman’s very own as well as nearby ammonia plants as well as re-used.
Dr The Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad as well as Tobago, is envisioned throughout the ribbon-cutting withMr David Cassidy, Chief Executive of Proman ©Proman Stena Bulk
According to the business, the IMOIIMeMax vessel collection take advantage of industry-leading style renovations as well as modern technologies to increase power effectiveness, leading to an EEDI 11% listed below the 2025 Phase 3 demands– establishing a brand-new standard for methanol-fuelled vessels as well as additional showing the functional stability of methanol as an aquatic gas.
Stena Pro Patria will certainly utilize about 12,500 tonnes of methanol as gas each year, which, the business stated, will substantially lower the quantity of greenhouse gas exhausts arising from the vessel’s business procedures contrasted to traditional aquatic gas.
At the calling event, Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad as well as Tobago highlighted the possibility for bunkering in Trinidad as well as Tobago to be a considerable component of the nation’s financial advancement, stating: “We are one of the largest producers and exporters of methanol in the world, and we happen geographically to be on a place at the tip of South America, East of the Panama Canal where all these vessels are being encouraged to change their fuel consumption from the dirty fuel to clean fuel – and that fuel is available in Trinidad and Tobago. What we are aiming to do is to make Trinidad and Tobago a major refuelling hub for oceangoing vessels that can be refuelled by clean fuel.”
Erik Hånell, President as well as CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Stena Bulk, stated: “This naming ceremony for Stena Pro Patria in Trinidad and Tobago is another important milestone for Proman Stena Bulk. “Every step our joint venture takes proves the viability of methanol as a marine fuel and underlines that it is technically feasible, with the right knowledge and backing, to be used in-operation today. We are honoured to lead methanol’s development and scaling within the industry and to be working closely with Proman on our shared vision for methanol.
“Finally, we must also recognize the role that Trinidad and Tobago has played in making this naming ceremony a reality. As an important methanol shipping hub, there was no better place to hold this important event for Stena Pro Patria and our joint venture.”
David Cassidy, Chief Executive of Proman, added: “We were delighted to welcome our Stena partners to Trinidad and Tobago. We share a commitment to accelerating the clean shipping transition, via our methanol-fueled newbuilds and other initiatives, so it was particularly valuable to tour our methanol production facilities and reaffirm the low-carbon pathway for the maritime market.
“Stena Pro Patria is a really unique vessel, as the initial vessel in our joint endeavor with Stena Bulk as well as as a result of her much deeper link to the Proman family members. It was a satisfaction to bring everybody with each other, from Stena to our broader companions as well as workers right here in Trinidad as well as Tobago, to provide StenaPro Patria the calling event that she is entitled to.”
The calling event was kept in Trinidad as well as Tobago to recognize Stena Pro Patria’s link to Dennis Patrick, the late Chief Executive of Proman’s subsidiary Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited (MHTL), for whom the vessel is called.
According to the business’s declaration, Dennis was a deeply valued associate as well as historical participant of the Proman family members as well asMrs Cassandra Patrick is the Godmother of Stena Pro Patria.
