OCI Global will present ISCC licensed biomethanol to energy the maiden voyage of Maersk’s first methanol dual-fueled containership,
Amsterdam-headquartered OCI Global (Euronext: OCI) studies that it is going to be fueling the maiden voyage of the world’s first ever inexperienced methanol powered containership in a brand new partnership with A.P. Moller-Maersk.
In a pioneering step in direction of the decarbonization of world transport, OCI will present ISCC certified biomethanol to energy the maiden voyage of Maersk’s first methanol dual-fueled containership.
Ordered by Maersk at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in July 2021, the 172 meter, 2,100 TEU vessel is ready to be formally christened by Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, in a September 14 ceremony in Copenhagen. It will depart South Korea for its maiden voyage this summer time, crusing alongside one of many world’s busiest transport routes to Northern Europe through the Suez Canal. Positioning it as the primary business bunker provider of methanol in these areas, OCI is acquiring the approvals and permits required to commercially bunker methanol in a number of ports on the voyage, together with the Port of Rotterdam.
In February, OCI introduced a venture with Unibarge to retrofit the primary methanol powered bunker barge, to be deployed on the Port of Rotterdam.
OCI says that the voyage demonstrates its distinctive capability to provide marine prospects with end-to-end inexperienced methanol options in main world bunkering places, and additional helps inexperienced methanol because the main selection in the present day for decarbonizing the marine sector.
The voyage additionally marks an necessary milestone within the enlargement of OCI’s renewable and low-carbon fuels enterprise. As the maritime business navigates elevated regulation to speed up decarbonization, such because the FuelEU Maritime initiative, OCI anticipates incremental world demand for methanol at 4 million tons per 12 months within the subsequent 5 years, based mostly on present orders from the marine sector.
OCI says it’s centered on being the final mile operator of selection at strategic bunkering ports, leveraging partnerships with related authorities, terminal infrastructure companions, and bunker barge operators.
