LAV Magazin 2022

Anita Gajadhar Managing Director Marketing, Logistics and Shipping For more information: about Proman and Methanol as a Marine Fuel, please visit: www.proman.org/methanol-as a-marine-fuel/ or contact: marinefuel@proman.org scalable, and when used as a marine fuel reduces CO2 emissions by over 90%, making methanol a truly future-proof shipping fuel. Proman already produces low-carbon methanol in Trinidad and Tobago, by recycling over 65% of the CO2 generated by our ammonia plants and using it in its methanol production as well as in its AUM complex. Since 2006, almost 24 million tonnes of CO2 have been captured from Proman’s own and its neighbouring ammonia plants and re-used. Proman is the only methanol producer to have world-scale renewables projects already in construction. It continues to develop worldwide investments in new ultra-low emission natural gas to methanol plants, which are designed to maximise efficiency As one of the world’s leading methanol producers, Proman is ideally positioned as the marine industry’s partner throughout the clean shipping supply chain. and minimise emissions, as well as renewables projects to help serve the broader marine fuel demand. Anita Gajadhar, MD of Proman Shipping, Marketing and Logistics, said: “Proman and other producers are ramping up investments in low-carbonmethanol technologies and renewables projects to meet rapidly expanding customer demand. As regulators continue to propel much-needed maritime decarbonisation, including the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package, these vessels underline the importance of a regulatory framework that relies on one certification methodology for alternative fuels and accurate emission measurements of all fuels – including reduced carbon-intensity fossil-origin products, which play an important early role in accelerating the switch to cleaner fuels and enabling the pathway to net-zero.” Four more vessels will join Proman’s growing fleet – the Stena Promise, the Stena Provident, the Stena Progressive, and the Stena Prosperous through 2023. Alongside pioneering the methanol tankers, Proman and Stena Bulk are also committed to supporting the development of frameworks for methanol uptake in shipping. The JV will continue to invest in methanol as a marine fuel and support legislation and regulations that drive methanol’s viability today while continuing to develop production and infrastructure for the future. In addition to the Stena Bulk partnership, Proman is also working with other leading partners across the shipping sector to support their transition to cleaner fuels and to lower their owngreenhouse gas emissions. InMarch 2022, Proman partnered with A.P. MollerMaersk to identify and develop renewable methanol supply solutions for Maersk’s new methanol-fuelled container vessels, as well as leveraging its expertise across the methanol value chain to optimise global supply at Maersk’s key bunkering ports. 27

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