by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... “Three million metric tons a year,” she says. “That’s how much petroleum-based superabsorbent polymer the world uses in hygiene products. Diapers, pads. Materials that perform for hours… and persist for centuries.” The drone hesitates—then zooms in
e-LNG (synthetic/electro Liquified Natural Gas)
Back TO HOMENew Study Explores Renewable Fuels’ Future Potential
(Safety4Sea) WinGD and Envision have released a new study examining the operational costs of ships powered by renewable fuels, providing a look at how green shipping economics are expected to evolve in the coming years. -- Green fuels can be competitive in
March 30, 2026 Read Full Article
Galveston LNG Bunker Port Announces Strategic Partnership with TOTE Services to Advance LNG Bunker Vessel Fleet on the U.S. Gulf Coast
(TOTE Services) Through their strategic partnership, TOTE Services and the Galveston LNG Bunker Port (GLBP) project aim to deploy a fleet of dedicated Jones Act LNG bunker vessels for the delivery of LNG to customers from the first dedicated small-scale LNG
January 29, 2026 Read Full Article
Galveston LNG Bunker Port and Loa Carbon Sign Letter of Intent to Produce e-LNG Fuels
(Galveston LNG Bunker Port) Loa Carbon, a leader in the production of e-methane, and Galveston LNG Bunker Port will provide e-LNG fuel to the maritime bunker market in the US Gulf Coast -- Texas-based Galveston LNG Bunker Port, LLC (GLBP) and
July 24, 2025 Read Full Article
Port of Long Beach Releases Clean Marine Fuels White Paper
(Manifold Times) Document intended to prepare and position the port and its stakeholder for adopting low carbon alternative fuels. -- The Port of Long Beach (PLB) in late December released the Clean Marine Fuels White Paper as part of efforts to identify solutions capable
January 02, 2025 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2024 Multi-Slide Guide to Sustainable Marine Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This presentation deck from Due Diligence Wolf Paul Bryan provides a brief overview of the shipping industry, highlighting its significant role in global trade and its substantial contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The presentation deck emphasizes
November 19, 2024 Read Full Article
Glander: LNG and Bio-LNG Bunker Fuel Infrastructure, Demand and Price Drivers
(Manifold Times) Big test for LNG as a marine fuel will be how quickly production of its alternatives can be scaled up, and how quickly shipowners are willing to pay extra cost for these lower-carbon fuels, says Mustafa El Zein. -- Global
October 17, 2024 Read Full Article
FuelEU to Power Shipping’s Fast Growing Biofuels Demand
by Marcus Hand (Seatrade Maritime News) Biofuels are rapidly gaining market share for alternative marine fuels and seen as good way of complying with the FuelEU standard next year. -- Singapore biofuel sales surpass 400,000 tonnes in first eight months of the
October 10, 2024 Read Full Article
Dutch Advertising Standards Reprimands MSC Cruises for Environmental Claims
(Maritime Executive) Environmental groups are continuing their efforts to limit the claims of the shipping industry and specifically cruise ships for what they believe are aggressive statements about the impact and progress of the ships in the efforts to decarbonize. The
October 03, 2024 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Offers Best Decarbonisation Bang for the Buck - ABS
by Gary Howard (Seatrade Maritime News) Biodiesel has the lowest cost per tonne of well-to-wake GHG emissions savings among alternative fuels today and across two of three future scenarios, according to an ABS report. -- Under a new ABS index, biodiesel showed up to 24 times
September 14, 2024 Read Full Article
Biofuels Accelerate UECC’s Decarbonization Journey
by Naida Hakirevic Prevljak (Offshore Energy) Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) said it is on track to exceed its goal of a 45% emissions reduction by 2030 after more than doubling biofuel usage across its fleet last
June 13, 2024 Read Full Article
LNG – Leading Maritime Decarbonisation
(SEA-LNG) SEA-LNG’s View from the Bridge 2023-24 -- This year’s View from the Bridge 2023-2024 highlights how the shipping industry has advanced along the LNG pathway to decarbonisation in 2023 and outlines the progress anticipated in 2024. Decarbonisation challenge – reality closing in The
January 19, 2024 Read Full Article
InfraVia Backed Molgas Becomes Titan’s Strategic Partner, with a Capital Injection for a 45% Stake
(Hellenic Shipping News) Titan Energy Holding, the parent company of Titan Clean Fuels (hereafter Titan) closed a successful funding round for a 45% equity stake with further follow-on rights from Molgas Energy, backed by infrastructure fund investor InfraVia Capital Partners. Molgas
December 15, 2023 Read Full Article
COP28: Singapore's PIL and DP World to Decarbonize Shipping with Biofuel Shipments
by Samyak Pandey, Sampad Nandy and Aditya Kondalamahanty (S&P Global) Collaboration on trial between Jebel Ali Port and destinations within PIL's network; Future expansion into other ports within DP World's global network; Includes other alternative fuels, such as e-LNG, green methanol, green
December 08, 2023 Read Full Article
Aker Carbon Capture Awarded Feasibility Study by MAN Energy Solutions to Develop Power-to-Fuel Solution
(Aker Carbon Capture) MAN Energy Solutions has awarded Aker Carbon Capture a feasibility study to develop a joint power-to fuel-solution. The study, which extends Aker Carbon Capture’s partnership with MAN Energy Solutions, investigates the full integration of Aker Carbon Capture’s standardized
November 29, 2023 Read Full Article
Gasum Will Supply LNG and Synthetic e-LNG to MSC Cruises’ Eco-Friendly Ships
(Gasum/AltFuels) Gasum and MSC Cruises, the Cruise Division of MSC Group, have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of LNG to the new MSC Euribia, as well as a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the goal of cooperating on the
June 26, 2023 Read Full Article
EU Funds New Project that Advances Environmental Benefits of LNG as Marine Fuel
(Wärtsilä/AltFuels) Coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Green Ray project has secured European Union funding to develop solutions minimizing methane slip from marine engines, advancing the environmental and climate benefits of LNG as a ship fuel. The initiative
March 03, 2023 Read Full Article
Titan Acquires Two Small Scale LNG Carriers for Bunkering Capability Retrofit
(Titan) Dual-purpose trading and bunkering vessels will provide clean fuel supplier with greater flexibility and ability to supply wider clientele -- Titan, the independent supplier of low and zero-emission fuels, has acquired two small scale LNG carriers – the Seapeak Unikum
January 31, 2023 Read Full Article
LNG – Deliverying Decarbonisation: SEA-LNG’s View from the Bridge 2022-2023
(SEA-LNG) SEA-LNG is pleased to share its overview of LNG as a marine fuel in 2022-2023. This resource highlights how the shipping industry has advanced along the LNG pathway to decarbonisation in 2022 and outlines what progress is anticipated in 2023. 2022
January 18, 2023 Read Full Article
Titan to Build the World’s Largest Biomethane Liquefaction Plant
(Titan) Titan will scale up Liquified Biomethane (LBM, also known as bio-LNG) production in the Port of Amsterdam together with BioValue as biogas supplier. Linde has been contracted to perform the basic engineering. -- Titan, the independent supplier of low
October 13, 2022 Read Full Article
New Independent Study Confirms Bio-LNG's Role in Shipping's Decarbonisation
(SEA-LNG) Bio-LNG can meet a significant proportion of future shipping demand and will be among the cheapest sustainable alternative marine fuels -- A new study commissioned by SEA-LNG has found that liquified bio-methane (bio-LNG) can make a major contribution to
October 05, 2022 Read Full Article
SEA-LNG Response to UCL Rreport Exploring Methods for Understanding Stranded Value: Case Study on LNG Capable Ships
(SEA-LNG) The recent study from UCL, Exploring methods for understanding stranded value: case study on LNG capable ships, is a flawed academic exercise, detached from reality. In setting out a framework for their analysis the authors make innumerable contestable and unsupported statements. Somewhat confusingly,
September 23, 2022 Read Full Article
ICCT Report on LNG Pathway Makes Flawed Assumptions Based on Outdated Data
(SEA-LNG) SEA-LNG responds to a report by the NGO International Council on Clean Transportation: Comparing the Future Demand for, Supply of, and Life-Cycle Emissions from Bio, Synthetic, and Fossil LNG Marine Fuels in the European Union -- The recent ICCT
September 20, 2022 Read Full Article
LNG Retrofits Will Rate Higher under CII than HFO/Scrubber or VLSFO Alternatives
(SEA-LNG) LNG retrofit will make it easier for vessels to comply with CII regulations than fuel oil options, helping to maintain and improve financial viability for the remaining operational lifetime of the vessel. -- LNG is the best fuel option for
August 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Titan Joins SEA-LNG to Broaden Infrastructure Skill Base of Coalition
(SEA-LNG) SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s benefits as a viable marine fuel, and Titan LNG, a leading independent alternative fuels supplier, have today announced that Titan will become a member of the coalition. SEA-LNG and Titan particularly
May 03, 2022 Read Full Article
World’s First Containership that Uses Synthetic LNG Drives Great GHG Drop
(MAN Energy Solutions) MAN Energy Solutions reported that the 1,036-TEU container ship, ‘ElbBLUE’ – the former ‘Wes Amelie’ – has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 27% by operating on a blend of climate-neutral, synthetic LNG and conventional LNG,
April 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Port of Zeebrugge Joins Sea-LNG Coalition Adding Expertise in European LNG Port Infrastructure
(Port of Zeebrugge) Move reinforces coalition’s ability to advise on and promote development of EU LNG port infrastructure to further accessibility and innovation in the sector -- SEA-LNG, the multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG’s benefits as a viable marine
March 24, 2022 Read Full Article
BioLNG, Renewable Synthetic LNG: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to SEA-LNG
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) 2021 brought significant progress on increasing production of bioLNG and renewable synthetic LNG and leading the move to a cleaner future for the deep-sea maritime industry. BioLNG from sustainable biomass resources is increasingly available
January 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Titan LNG Picked as LNG, bioLNG Supplier for Corsica Linea’s New Ferry
(Titan LNG) Titan LNG has secured the tender for the delivery of LNG in the Port of Marseille for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax LNG-fuelled ferry, A Galeotta. This partnership marks the significant expansion of Titan’s operations into the Mediterranean which will
January 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Let’s Call It Renewable Synthetic LNG
(SEA-LNG) SEA-LNG exists to support the ongoing development of the LNG decarbonisation pathway and is dedicated to helping shipping thrive through the energy transition. The end goal of this pathway, to deliver net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, requires the production of
December 09, 2021 Read Full Article
CMA CGM, Shell Perform First Bio-LNG Bunkering in Rotterdam
by Surabhi Sahu, Piers De Wilde and Britt Russell-Webster (S&P Global) Containerships Aurora receives 44 cu m of Bio-LNG; Bio-LNG reduces GHG emissions by at least 67% on well-to-wake basis; LNG's share in global bunker fuel mix to rise to 16% in 2030:
December 03, 2021 Read Full Article
SEA-LNG Supports Global Methane Pledge
(SEA-LNG) ... Looking to the future, bioLNG then renewable synthetic LNG will drive decarbonization. Hydrogen, manufactured through the electrolysis of water using renewable electricity, when available at scale, will deliver a net-zero fuel for LNG powered vessels through the use of
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Germany: World’s First Bunkering Trial of Carbon-Neutral Synthetic LNG
(MAN Energy Solutions/NGV Journal) In a world-first for the maritime sector, the containership ‘ElbBLUE’ has bunkered some 20 tons of liquefied synthetic natural gas (SNG) or synthetic LNG at the Elbe port in Brunsbüttel, Germany. The bunkering is a joint project
October 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Operational Energy from Seawater: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to U.S. Naval Research Lab
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The power of water – the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory knows what that means in many ways, but how about making fuel when and where you need it when deployed overseas or in remote island
August 18, 2021 Read Full Article
ABS Unveils Latest Trends and Projections for Future Fuels and Decarbonization
(American Bureau of Shipping) Low Carbon Shipping Outlook Suggests Industry Will Need to Do More to Meet GHG Targets -- ABS has published the latest trends and projections on carbon-reduction strategies for shipping as the industry looks to meet decarbonization
May 19, 2021 Read Full Article
SEA-LNG Warns against Delay in Addressing Shipping Decarbonisation
(SEA-LNG) Industry coalition stresses that LNG fuels reduce up to 23% of GHG emissions, and that bio- and synthetic LNG offer low risk, incremental pathways to net zero. Waiting for future fuels and not fully utilising LNG, which is safe, proven, competitive
April 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Techno-Economic Assessment of Zero-Carbon Fuels.
(Lloyds Register and University Maritime Advisory Services) ... This paper is an example of this collaboration; it examines three important elements of zero-carbon fuels when compared with traditional fossil-based fuels. All candidate fuels considered in this paper have some emissions