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20 February 2024
EST-Floattech to speed up electrification of shipping with new financial boost
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has received an investment of €4 million from Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and existing shareholders to advance the electrification of the shipping industry.
19 February 2024
General Assembly MENENS bespreekt voortgang methanolbrandstof
Op donderdag 15 februari 2024 vond de General Assembly van het MENENS-project plaats in de Dukdalf in Den Helder, naast het energie-systemen laboratorium van de Nederlandse Defensie Academie.
7 February 2024
EST-Floattech Octopus battery system for SFK’s electric ferry Laboe
Dutch energy storage systems provider EST-Floattech has announced the delivery and commissioning of the Octopus Series battery system on the SFK Ferry Laboe.
5 December 2023
Wärtsilä enables acceleration of marine’s transition to sustainable fuels with introduction of four methanol engines
Technology group Wärtsilä will introduce another four methanol engines to its portfolio, setting a new industry benchmark with the broadest methanol engine portfolio currently on the market.
11 October 2023
Damen wins class and flag states approval in principle for future methanol-fuelled workboats
Bureau Veritas plus Netherlands and Belgium supporting the programme.
21 April 2023
New methanol-powered vessel helps Van Oord cut carbon
Van Oord is accelerating the energy transition with its green ship fleet. Why did they choose methanol for their new offshore wind installation vessel?
March / April 2023
Offshore technologies meeting ESG goals
A sampling of the latest trends in vessel technology, emissions monitoring and alternative fuels.
20 Feb 2023
Methanol as marine fuel – is it the solution you are looking for?
What are the advantages of methanol as marine fuel? What are the issues that ship owners and operators should consider before adopting methanol?
15 Dec 2022
A major milestone towards carbon neutrality
Sustainability is a key issue for the yachting industry and the world at large. Feadship is at the forefront of research into how to design and build yachts in the most eco-friendly way possible.
17 Nov 2022
Nieuwe hulpvaartuigen marine worden klimaatneutraal
De 10 hulpvaartuigen van de Koninklijke Marine worden vervangen door 8 nieuwe exemplaren.
17 Nov 2022
From hybrids to zero emissions in less than 10 years: the 2030 roadmap for Feadship yachts
Feadship is preparing for a sustainable future with an evolutionary research process aimed at creating “agnostic” propulsion systems
17 Nov 2022
Feadship’s road map to ZERO
The Dutch Shipyard reveals it is one stage closer to achieving carbon neutrality with concept Pure by 2030…
16 Nov 2022
Feadship stap dichterbij klimaatneutraal superjacht
The goal of MENENS is to accelerate the route to emission-free shipping by developing adaptive system solutions based on methanol. This project has been awarded a grant of EURO 24.3 million.
15 Nov 2022
Roadmap to ZERO
Feadship achieves major milestone on roadmap towards carbon neutrality.
15 Nov 2022
Feadship achieves major milestone on roadmap towards carbon neutrality
Feadship has achieved a major milestone on its roadmap towards carbon neutrality. The Dutch-based shipbuilder has received approval-in-principle from Lloyds Registry for an ‘agnostic’ fuel system.
28 Sept 2022
A New Slice of Life
Feadship Unveiling ‘Inside-Out / Outside-In’ Concept Design.
8 April 2022
Methanol as an Energy Steptowards Zero-Emission Dutch Shipping (MENENS)
The goal of MENENS is to accelerate the route to emission-free shipping by developing adaptive system solutions based on methanol. This project has been awarded a grant of EURO 24.3 million.
April 2022
Dutch Maritime Masterplan kicks off with a grant of EURO 52.9 million!
The Dutch maritime sector wants to make a sustainable and digital difference to the global energy transition, and this has led to the Maritime Masterplan, an initiative to achieve a smart and zero-emission maritime sector. MARIN is plaving an active role in this move towards a more sustainable maritime world.
27 Jan 2022
Van Oossanen Naval Architects joins Project MENENS
Sailing on methanol helps significantly reduce CO2 emissions, and within the international maritime sector, it’s thought to be one of the most viable fuels for large-scale introduction in the short to medium term.
10 Dec 2021
Fugro awarded R&D grant to develop methanol as low carbon shipping fuel.
The Fugro-led consortium MENENS (Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping) has been awarded a grant from Dutch Government’s Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) for the development of methanol as a low-carbon shipping fuel.
10 Dec 2021
Fugro zet belangrijke stap naar emissievrije motoren op haar onderzoeksschepen
Onder leiding van Fugro heeft het consortium MENENS (Methanol als Energiestap Naar Emissieloze Nederlandse Scheepvaart) een subsidie toegekend gekregen van de Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) voor de ontwikkeling van methanol als emissievrije brandstof voor schepen.
Dec 2021
EST-Floattech deelnemer in “MENENS” consortium
De regeling R&D Mobiliteitssectoren biedt subsidie voor een R&D-mobiliteitsproject. Dit project moet gericht zijn op het behouden en verbeteren van de concurrentiepositie van Nederlandse ondernemingen binnen de automotive, luchtvaart en maritieme sector en het herstel van de negatieve gevolgen van de economische crisis, veroorzaakt door de uitbraak van het coronavirus.
24 Sept 2021
Feadship concept design Pure
Feadship is renowned for its ability to create pure custom superyachts for clients that meet their every desire.
2 June 2024
Methanol Orders Dominate May Orderbook
DNV has released its May figures from the Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform, and according to the latest figures, 33 new orders for alternative fueled vessels were placed in May 2024.
3 July 2023
Dutch Maritime Master Plan wins EUR 210 million in funding
On 30 June, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management was granted EUR 210 million from the National Growth Fund – of which EUR 110 million are conditional – for the implementation of the Maritime Master Plan.
27 June 2023
Stena Line partners with Wärtsilä to convert vessels to methanol
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has hired technology group Wärtsilä to convert some of its vessels to operate with methanol fuel.
12 June 2023
OCI to fuel Maersk’s 1st green methanol-powered feeder
Dutch producer and distributor of hydrogen-based products OCI Global is fueling the first-ever green methanol-powered container ship in a new partnership with A.P. Moller-Maersk.
18 April 2023
Maritime to benefit from EUR 2 billion fund to decarbonize
The European Parliament formally approved on Tuesday the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) law, earmarking around EUR 2 billion of the revenues of the Innovation Fund for the maritime sector.
2 march 2023
FlagshipONE to use Siemens Energy technology for e-fuel production
FlagshipONE plant, expected to be Europe’s largest commercial production facility for carbon-neutral marine fuels, will use a technology package from German company Siemens Energy.
3 march 2023
Methanol leads February alternative fuel vessel orders
February 2023 was a strong month for newbuild orders of vessels with alternative fuel systems, with methanol-fuelled vessels outnumbering LNG by two-to-one.
3 march 2023
Record Number of Methanol-Fueled Ships Ordered Reports DNV
After a slow start to 2023 for orders of alternatively fueled ships, DNV is reporting the momentum generated in 2022 resulted in a record order of dual-fuel methanol ships as well as strong growth for LNG-fueled orders in February.
24 Feb 2023
New project to turn plant emissions into green methanol launched
Mexican building materials company Cemex has signed an agreement with green fuel producer ETFuels, to transform carbon emissions from Cemex’s Alicante cement plant in Spain into green methanol.
21 Feb 2023
Methanol Price and Supply/Demand
MI member Methanol Market Services Asia (MMSA) has provided its most recent historic methanol market assessment of key global pricing and supply/demand figures.
20 April 2022
Gidara Energy sets up Advanced Methanol Rotterdam facility
Dutch energy company Gidara Energy and the Port of Rotterdam will set up an advanced biofuels facility in the Netherlands called Advanced Methanol Rotterdam (AMR).