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Ship-to-Ship Methanol Bunkering Makes Debut in Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam has completed its first ship-to-ship methanol bunkering operation, marking a significant milestone in the port's transition to cleaner marine fuels.
Van Oord's newly delivered offshore installation vessel, Boreas, bunkered 500 mt of bio-methanol last week at the TMA Logistics terminal.
The operation was carried out by the bunker vessel Chicago, operated by UniBarge, the company confirmed in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday.
Boreas, which was delivered from China earlier this year, is fitted with dual-fuel engines capable of running on methanol and will be deployed in the offshore wind sector.
The development follows a key regulatory step in February, when UniBarge was granted a licence to supply methanol bunkers to vessels in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.
Soon after, Chicago supplied green methanol to the research vessel Fugro Pioneer at Waalhaven in Rotterdam.
Demand for methanol bunkers is gradually picking up as more methanol-capable ships join the global fleet.
