{"id":603,"date":"2024-05-16T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-antwerp-bruges-introduces-worlds-first-methanol-powered-tugboat\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:41:56","slug":"port-of-antwerp-bruges-introduces-worlds-first-methanol-powered-tugboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-antwerp-bruges-introduces-worlds-first-methanol-powered-tugboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Antwerp-Bruges introduces world\u2019s first methanol-powered tugboat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px;line-height:30px\">\n<p><strong>The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has unveiled the Methatug, a <\/p>\n<p>methanol-powered tugboat that is part of the port\u2019s fleet greening strategy and <\/p>\n<p>an important step towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1715821846198340-1.jpg\" alt=\"Port of Antwerp-Bruges introduces world\u2019s first methanol-powered tugboat\" title=\"Port of Antwerp-Bruges introduces world\u2019s first methanol-powered tugboat\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:20px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The initiative is financed by the European research programme Horizon 2020 <\/p>\n<p>and it is part of the FASTWATER project, which aims to demonstrate the potential <\/p>\n<p>of methanol as a sustainable fuel for the marine industry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to the port, the Methatug\u2019s engines of an existing tugboat were <\/p>\n<p>changed into \u2018dual fuel\u2019 engines, which run on a combination of methanol and <\/p>\n<p>conventional gasoline.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The 30-metre-long tugboat has a traction force of 50 tonnes and can store <\/p>\n<p>12,000 litres of methanol, which is adequate for two weeks of tug labour.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, said: \u201cTogether with <\/p>\n<p>our partners, we are pioneering with innovative technologies for the transition <\/p>\n<p>to alternative and renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Methatug is a new and essential step in our efforts to make our own <\/p>\n<p>fleet greener and become climate neutral by 2050. Thanks to projects such as <\/p>\n<p>this, we are paving the way and hope to be an example and a source of <\/p>\n<p>inspiration for other ports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Sebastian Verhelst, Project Coordinator FASTWATER, stated: \u201cMethanol <\/p>\n<p>has everything to become the fuel of the future and play a pioneering role in <\/p>\n<p>the greening of the shipping industry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the expertise and efforts of the different partners from the <\/p>\n<p>consortium, we are now able to take important steps with the Methatug to <\/p>\n<p>demonstrate its feasibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In April, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges announced an increase in container <\/p>\n<p>throughput of 8.6 per cent in tonnes and 6 per cent in TEU (3.29 million) in the <\/p>\n<p>first quarter of 2024, compared to the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has unveiled the Methatug, a methanol-powered tugboat that is part of the port\u2019s fleet greening strategy and an important step towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050.The initiative is financed by the European research programme Horizon 2020 and it is part of the FASTW&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}