{"id":4036,"date":"2024-01-31T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2024\/01\/31\/a-strategic-training-partnership-in-methanol\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:08:22","slug":"a-strategic-training-partnership-in-methanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/a-strategic-training-partnership-in-methanol\/","title":{"rendered":"A strategic training partnership in methanol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The partnership will take a prime focus on leveraging&nbsp;Green Marine\u2019s experienced-based training in methanol dual-fuelled ships, along with&nbsp;the potential to cover the bunkering of methanol as a marine fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership reflects LR and Green Marine\u2019s shared commitment to advancing sustainable solutions in the maritime sector,\u201d said&nbsp;Andy McKeran, chief commercial officer, Lloyd\u2019s Register.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy leveraging our technical expertise and working collaboratively with Green Marine, we aim to accelerate the adoption of methanol as a viable and environmentally friendly fuel source, contributing to a greener and more sustainable future for the maritime industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharing experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For many, methanol, known for its lower carbon intensity and potential for renewable production, presents a promising pathway to propel the maritime industry towards a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p>But as a new fuel in shipping, there is still limited operational experience of methanol as a marine fuel and its use presents challenges for seafarers and their upskilling, alongside shoreside competencies which are required in order to ensure safety and efficient use.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Marine methanol training curriculum supplements baseline regulatory training requirements with experience-based learnings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This, coupled with LR\u2019s expertise around rules, risk assessment and risk management, as well as human factors, will provide an end-to-end support for methanol in the marine segment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd\u2019s Register (LR) and Green Marine have joined forces to offer support to maritime stakeholders with an interest in vessels with methanol fuel technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[40,302,706,541,187,47,1043],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-cargo-handling","tag-green-marine","tag-lloyds-register","tag-lr","tag-methanol","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4038,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions\/4038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}