- Ethanol
Ethanol emerges as a marine fuel with big name backing
When one of the world’s biggest dry bulk charterers backs a new alternative fuel type, the industry takes notice. But to anyone paying attention over the past decade, the emergence of ethanol as a viable marine fuel will have been no surprise even before Shandong Shipping’s order in May for the world’s first ethanol-fuelled two-stroke engines - underwritten by a long-term charter to global mining giant Vale.
