Rotterdam, 9 November 2020.

As part of the Green Maritime Methanol project, the consortium performed an analysis on the operational aspects of using methanol, in terms of suitability to the different shipping market segments, the bunker operations and the upstream and downstream supply chain aspects of methanol as a marine fuel.

The research concludes that potentially a significant part of the maritime short sea market with point-to-point sailing patterns is suitable for methanol and that methanol bunker demand could grow to 5 million m3 in the ARA-region in 2030. ... [more]

Rotterdam, 5 November 2020.

The Green Maritime Methanol consortium studies the possibilities for sustainable Methanol as a maritime transport fuel. Green Methanol is an important candidate as a future fuel for the shipping industry. It is widely available, can be produced in a sustainable way, is easily stored on board of ships and can be burned in engines with minor modifications.

As part of the project a report was developed that summarizes existing literature. The report summarizes the policy context for development of methanol as a fuel and the technical ... [more]

Within the Green Maritime Methanol project the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has extensively studied the use of green methanol as a ship fuel for its support vessels. They concluded that green methanol has the potential to be the future fuel of choice for the support vessels.
The 75 metres long and 13 metres wide hydrographic survey vessels of the RNLN are well suited for the application of methanol. An extensive study regarding hazardous areas and venting of methanol for safety purposes was executed during the project and resulted in the conclusion ... [more]

In het kader van de NWA-De Blauwe Route: 'Water als weg naar innovatie en duurzame groei' zijn recent 19 initiatieven ingediend en nu door NWO gepubliceerd.

Een drietal daarvan, op initiatief van, resp. met betrokkenheid van MKC deelnemers, zijn met name van belang voor de maritieme sector, t.w.:

• BR.20.003 – Preventing a lock-down of the North Sea. Socio-economic, judicial and ecological solutions for a sustainable North Sea in Transition. (NIOZ e.a.)
• BR.20.004 – Drijvende Toekomst (Marin e.a.)
• BR.20.011 – Large Floating Structures for Hydrogen Production at Sea (TUD e.a.)

Via deze link treft u eentotaaloverzicht van en nadere ... [more]