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Methanex Claims World’s First Net Zero Voyage Fueled by Bio-Methanol

Methanex Corporation and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines this week announced that the dual-fuel vessel Cajun Sun successfully completed the first-ever net-zero voyage fueled by bio-methanol. The Cajun Sun is operated by Methanex’s subsidiary Waterfront Shipping and chartered from MOL. The net-zero voyage departed from Geismar, Louisiana in the United States on January 17, arriving in Antwerp, Belgium about two and a half weeks later. By blending ISCC-certified bio-methanol that has negative carbon intensity with natural gas-based methanol, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis were achieved for the 18-day trans-Atlantic voyage, Methanex said in a press release. The voyage is an example...

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