Alternative Fuels & Lubricants

A government-funded research project is exploring the potential use of methane fuel from renewable sources in the German energy, transport and shipping industries.

An engine capable of burning most low-flashpoint fuels available today could be ready by 2020 if MAN Energy Solutions can successfully lower injection pressures for LPG.

Liquid hydrogen is heir to many of LNG’s issues as well as some of its technology, including the same old ‘chicken-and-egg’ problem of development versus demand. Some, however, are preparing to jump…

Ethylene and LPG carrier ‘Navigator Aurora’ has become the first ship to have its two-stroke main engine converted to burn ethane as fuel.

Liquid hydrogen could get a leg up from the industry’s experience with LNG propulsion, writes Stevie Knight

Boskalis Nederland is aiming to reduce its CO2 emissions by 35% as part of a new long-term partnership with biofuel supplier GoodFuels.

The IMO has invited the International Standards Organisation (ISO) to develop a standard for methanol as a marine fuel, in a move hailed by the Methanol Institute as a step forward for…

The first ethane-burning two-stroke engines, onboard two liquefied ethylene gas (LEG) carriers, have passed an important milestone, clocking 10,000 hours in operation.

GoodFuels has secured investment funding to boost its development of sustainable biofuels with the aim of reducing CO2, improving air quality and achieving global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Houston-based Dorian LPG has enlisted Hyundai’s new environmental retrofit division to investigate the conversion of up to 10 very large gas carriers (VLGC) to dual-fuel technology using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).