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Scorpio Tankers Invests in Methanol-Fuelled Shipping
Shipping company Scorpio Tankers has taken a minority stake in a portfolio of ships designed to both carry methanol as cargo and use it as bunker fuel.
The firm has bought a 6% stake in the portfolio for $7.2 million this month, it said in a statement on its website this week. The portfolio consists of five refined product and methanol tankers designed to run on methanol and four ice-class LR1 product tankers.
Interest is growing in methanol as a marine fuel as the shipping industry considers its alternative bunker options as it seeks to eliminate its carbon emissions. The few ships running on methanol today are using a form of the chemical produced using fossil natural gas -- with no reduction in emissions compared to conventional bunkers -- but green methanol that produces no GHG emissions on a net basis should soon start to become available.
Maersk plans to take delivery of its first zero-carbon vessel, a 2,100 TEU feeder vessel running on green methanol, in mid-2023.
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| VLSFO | MGO | |||
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| $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | |
| Singapore | 649.50 | 2.00 | 778.50 | 8.50 |
| Rotterdam | 602.00 | 0.50 | 748.00 | 6.00 |
| Houston | 624.00 | 5.00 | 792.00 | 3.50 |
| Fujairah | 649.50 | 2.00 | 898.00 | 3.00 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 662.00 | 2.00 | 855.00 | 1.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 631.00 | 1.00 | 804.00 | 0.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 717.50 | 0.50 | 913.50 | 1.00 |
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