Ship&Offshore | Issue 01/2023
Status report on alternative fuels
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has published a comprehensive assessment to compare the feasibility and readiness of alternative marine fuels. The heatmap report evaluates fossil LNG, bio-methanol and green ammonia compared with fossil marine gasoil (MGO). Based on the “Framework for Assessing Decarbonization Technologies and Alternative Energy Carriers” developed by the MTF, the fuels were ranked according to eight criteria – Sustainability and Environmental, Safety, Technology Status, Security, Economic Feasibility, Regulatory, People, Engineering....