China's first "ship-to-ship" simultaneous filling operation of green methanol fuel has been completed!

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2024-04-10 14:57:00

On the morning of April 10, 2024, the company's "Harbor Zhiyuan" ship successfully completed the "ship-to-ship" simultaneous filling operation of green methanol fuel for the Maersk 16kTEU methanol-powered container ship "Astrid Maersk" at Guandong Terminal of Shanghai Yangshan Port.

Fuxing Company has always attached great importance to and deeply implemented the overall business concept of Clean Fuel Filling Development Service Group. It has made overall arrangements and mobilized the company's full efforts to lead and support Shanghai Hong Kong Energy Services to actively respond to the two-line pressure challenges, busy without chaos, and steadily It has implemented the urgent and busy preparations for the first order of methanol; and completed the normalized service guarantee for the growing demand for LNG filling. Since January this year, in accordance with the overall deployment requirements of the group, under the scientific guidance of Shanghai Maritime Affairs, Customs, Border Inspection and other competent units, and with the strong support of sister units, the company has successively completed the full process of green methanol "ship-ship" filling. Various preparations such as process testing, terminal receiving dry test and formal loading have laid a solid foundation for the successful completion of this first order filling operation.

The successful completion of this filling service marks that Shanghai Port has become the first port in the country to have green methanol "ship-ship" simultaneous filling capabilities, further enhancing the comprehensive service level of the Shanghai International Shipping Center for international liners and building a green port. Play a leading role and contribute to the green transformation of the international shipping industry.

The "Harbor Zhiyuan" ship is China's first ship to be put into operation in the world's largest methanol fuel filling ship. It is also a new core equipment of the Shanghai Port Green Energy Center after the LNG filling ship of the "Harbor Future" ship. The "Harbor Zhiyuan" ship has a total of 12 cargo compartments and 2 slop compartments. The cargo compartments are specially painted by Marineline, with a total cabin capacity of 16000m³. The ship has a total length of 135.06 meters, a depth of 11.2 meters, and a width of 20.2 meters. It has the characteristics of safety, low evaporation rate and environmental protection. It is an innovative integration of methanol ship transportation and filling technology. It can not only transport methanol, but also serve other ships and terminals. Filling methanol can provide ship-to-ship filling services for international voyages powered by methanol and support simultaneous loading and unloading of containers, greatly saving the turnaround time of international liners in ports. Win environmental and economic benefits for shipping companies.