Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2024
More owners opted for alternative fuels
Classification society DNV has identified several key developments on its Alternative Fuel Insight (AFI) platform during 2023. The classification society tracks both new orders and retrofits. A total of 298 ships were ordered with alternative fuel propulsion in 2023, an 8% increase year-on-year. The total is now 1,281 vessels. Methanol took number one slot for the first time, with 138 ships (excluding methanol carriers) ordered either new or as retrofits; this compared with just 35 orders in 2022....