Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2025
New fuels: a very wearing concern
At the time of writing, there are three fuels seen leading the drive to more sustainable energy sources across shipping’s main market segments: methanol, biofuels and LNG. It is assumed that LNG, a fossil fuel, will eventually pave the way for bio-LNG, a chemical equivalent made from fossil-free, ‘biogenic’ sources – which would have emitted atmospheric methane in any case – without anyone having to drill for, or produce it. These will soon be joined by ammonia. Ships are already being delivered as ‘ammonia-ready,’ although there is some debate as to what this, in fact, means....