China’s Qingdao port hosts first methanol bunkering operation

COSCO’s container ship has been bunkered with 210 mt of methanol at Qingdao Port on China’s Yellow Sea coast.

IMAGE: Methanol bunkering operations underway at Qingdao Port. China Daily via Shandong Port Group

Three trucks were used to deliver the fuel to the vessel, Cosco Shipping Carnation, Shandong Port Group (SPG) told China's state-owned media firm China Daily.

The port authority has not disclosed the physical bunker supplier for the operation.

SPG, China’s state-owned port cluster that includes Qingdao, Rizhao, Yantai and Bohai Bay ports, confirmed this was the first methanol bunkering carried out at Qingdao.

“It also marks that SPG has become a port capable of supplying both bio-marine fuels [biofuels] and methanol, signifying a solid step forward in its endeavors to grow into an international shipping hub center in Northeast Asia.” it added.

By Konica Bhatt

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