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\n\tThe operation marked the vessel’s second bunkering of 100% ethanol. Image Credit:\u00a0A.P Moller-Maersk<\/p>\n
\n\tA dual-fuel methanol container ship operated by shipping firm A.P Moller-Maersk has bunkered 100% ethanol in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe firm\u2019s feeder container ship, Laura Maersk, took on ethanol for the second time, the company said in a LinkedIn post on Friday.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe ethanol was delivered to the ship using a barge.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile Maersk did not disclose the volume supplied, the company described the operation as a larger-scale ethanol delivery carried out by barge.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe bunkering, which took place in Rotterdam, involved larger\u2011scale delivery by barge, allowing us to test operational handling, supply chains and procedures closer to real\u2011world conditions than in earlier, smaller\u2011scale trials,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\n\tLaura Maersk had previously bunkered ethanol-methanol blends containing 10% and 50% ethanol<\/a> before taking on 100% ethanol for the first time in the first quarter of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n\tEthanol is increasingly being viewed as a viable alternative marine fuel alongside methanol.<\/p>\n
\n\tBecause the two alcohols share similar chemical properties, ethanol can be stored in the same tanks, blended in any ratio and used with the same bunkering infrastructure, requiring only minor software and injection valve modifications to existing methanol dual-fuel engines.<\/p>\n
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