This groundbreaking operation on 4 October supplied approximately 3,000 tonnes of methanol over an 11-hour period during cargo unloading at Terminal 2.<\/p>\n
Key to this achievement was the collaboration between the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) and Hyodong Shipping Co., which provided the bunkering vessel, 103 Hyodong Chemi<\/em>. The recipient was the dual-fuel methanol vessel, Antonia Maersk<\/em>, operated by Maersk Line.<\/p>\n \u201cThis successful demonstration marks a monumental achievement, showing that Busan Port is fully capable of supplying methanol,\u201d said Kang Joonsuk, chief executive & president of BPA.<\/p>\n \u201cWe plan to enhance Busan Port\u2019s global competitiveness by developing infrastructure and advancing technology to expand eco-friendly fuel bunkering, positioning it as a leading green port on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n This initiative is part of South Korea\u2019s broader plan to develop an eco-friendly ship fuel supply chain, announced in November 2023. The MOF has been actively working to secure bunkering vessels, enhance port infrastructure and standardise bunkering procedures.<\/p>\n Support from the Busan Port Authority included exemptions on port facility usage fees and safety protocol coordination.<\/p>\n Korean Register also played a crucial role by developing safety management protocols and standard operating procedures to ensure the success of the bunkering.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the maritime industry continues to seek greener alternatives, South Korea is trying to position itself at the forefront of sustainable shipping practices,\u201d said Lee Hyungchul, chair & chief executive of KR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Korea has successfully conducted its first simultaneous operations for ship-to-ship methanol bunkering at Busan New Port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,42],"tags":[40,1831,658,442],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-asia-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-busan-new-port","tag-maersk","tag-methanol-bunkering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","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=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4772,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}