The Week in Alt Fuels: The retrofit paradox

Some alternative-fuel retrofit projects are moving ahead. But regulatory uncertainty is keeping broader investment subdued. German shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of its first methanol-retrofitted container ship. The 10,000-TEU Seaspan Yangtze, owned by Seaspan and chartered to Hapag-Lloyd, has been converted from conventional fuel to dual-fuel methanol propulsion. This is the first of five …

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