I think fuel density plays a dominate factor in the race for alternate fuels.
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If only the wind farms could charge battery powered CTVs and guard vessels. #atboffshore
They do exist (or soon will):
OK so they do not have plugs on the support structure of individual wind mills. or on the offshore sub-stations, but the CTVs can charge at the base, where the power supply will be from renewable sources.
Odfjell is installing fuel cell(s) on on one of their Chemical tankers:
Initially they will be using LNG as fuel source, but that is mainly because Ammonia and Hydrogen is not easily available in the ports they are normally visiting.
The endless debate about which fuel is the fuel of the future for ships is going on worldwide:
MSC is backing Hydrogen:
While DSME is betting on Ammonia, or at least hedging their bet by developing a 23000 TEU ammonia powered container ship:
If anybody comes along and want a similar hydrogen powered ship they would still oblige though.
Port of Rotterdam Authority becomes the member of new Future Fuels Network.
That has been announced 6 October on the maritime conference in Singapore:
https://en.portnews.ru/news/302844/#:~:text=Port%20of%20Rotterdam%20Authority%20is,company%20said%20in%20its%20release.&text=The%20Future%20Fuels%20Network%20hopes,organisations%20in%20the%20near%20future.
Shell is voting for hydrogen as the future marine fuel:
And Toshiba take next step to develop hydrogen powered fuel cells for ships:
Are you ready for this brave new world??
Fish waste is already powering ships in Norway, but not specifically from Salmon
I think what power Hurtigruten is Biogas made from fish waste, not Biodiesel though.
What is next?? Pig sh*t maybe??
Biofuel is all the rage, both for ships and aircrafts:
https://biofuels-news.com/news/eps-works-with-goodfuels-for-marine-biofuel-bunkering-trial/
MAN B&W is part of a group developing 2-strok engine for ships, using ammonia as fuel:
PS> Was it MAN that took over B&W, or the other way around??
Fish waste. Nothing new there. I used to blend fish oil with bunkers on the good olâ Ocean Phoenix.
The Ocean Phoenix was converted at a small shipyard (Blaalid Slip & Mek. Verksted) in Norway in 1989 if I remember right. Is she still in operation(??)
Found this about her:
http://memorieshop.com/SS-Oregon-Mail/Ocean-Phoenix.html
At the end they mention using Fish Oil mixed with MDO to fire the boilers.
The Ocean Phoenix was retired to Brownsville, TX last year.
That is incorrect. Because we had limited MDO capacity and needed it for the on deck DGs it was never used in the boilers except for firing up from cold iron at the beginning of a season. Because we could not bunker heavy oil in Alaska, toward the end of a season we were low on HFO and overflowing with fish oil so we blended fish oil with HFO. I blended up to 50 percent at times and it worked quite well. The ship had flume tanks that were converted to fish oil storage. The fish oil was offloaded in Japan with the final load of fish and surimi.
One of the missing links to make hydrogen a viable alternative as marine fuel is the supply chain.
How to transport large quantities of liquid hydrogen from producer to user?
The obvious answer is; by ship, like most other commodities.
Hyundai Mipo is a step closer to solving that problem:
A RoRo powered by Green Hydrogen is under development by a consortium of 20 European companies and institutions. Financial support from EU has been secured:
Speaking at a shipping webinar organised by the Norwegian Business Association Singapore yesterday, Andreas Sohmen-Pao, the chairman of BW Group, discussed multiple fuels of the future.
He is obviously not a fan of nuclear powered ship in the future. Here is why:
While some are proposing nuclear others are rooting for Methanol:
More on the new interest in nuclear power for ships:
While the Japanese ploughs ahead with development of hydrogen as the future fuel for ships: