OOCL vessel receives green methanol stem in Xiamen

A dual-fuel container ship owned by Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) was bunkered with green methanol in a ship-to-ship operation at Xiamen Port in China on 4 November.

IMAGE: Methanol bunkering of OOCL Wisdom in Xiamen. Linkedin of Cosco Shipping

The 24,000-TEU methanol-capable container vessel, OOCL Wisdom, received about 1,000 mt of green methanol, COSCO Shipping said in a social media post.

COSCO Shipping owns the majority stake in OOCL.

The operation marked the start of green methanol bunkering at Xiamen Port, COSCO added, but did not identify the physical supplier or specify whether the fuel was bio- or e-methanol.

OOCL Wisdom is the first in a series of seven methanol-capable container vessels. The second vessel in this series, OOCL Grace, was delivered earlier this year.

By Konica Bhatt

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