A bunkering vessel delivers about 1,000 metric tons of green methanol to the OOCL Wisdom at the Xiamen Ocean Gate Container Terminal. [Photo/Xiamen Daily]
A bunkering vessel delivered about 1,000 metric tons of green methanol to the OOCL Wisdom, the world's largest methanol dual-fuel container ship, at the Xiamen Ocean Gate Container Terminal on Nov 4.
This marked Fujian province's first ship-to-ship green methanol bunkering operation, making Xiamen one of the few Chinese ports capable of supplying the fuel. The port now offers a multi-fuel bunkering system covering biofuel oil, liquefied natural gas, and green methanol.
Green methanol can cut carbon emissions by more than 85 percent over its full lifecycle compared with conventional fuels. Using the green methanol instead of conventional marine fuel is estimated to cut carbon emissions by more than 1,600 metric tons.
The OOCL Wisdom is the world's first 24,000-TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship. Running on green methanol, it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 150,000 tons a year and nearly eliminate sulfur oxide and particulate emissions.