Methanol is enjoying increasingly strong recognition from shipowners, classification societies, and OEMs as a fuel that can reduce pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships and provide a pathway towards sustainability. The rising interest reflects the readiness of the fuel, with regulation in place, vessel designs established, and engines available. It also demonstrates the desire of owners to act now on lowering emissions; many accept the need to make a start on this process rather than wait for longer-term options to become available. Interest is increasingly focusing on the pathway from conventional methanol, which has low tank-to-wake emissions, towards sources of renewable methanol which provide lower GHG equivalence on a well-to-wake basis. This webinar will provide the latest developments in the application of Methanol as a marine fuel, with a particular focus on a new White Paper developed by renewable methanol producer Liquid Wind which puts the well-to-wake GHG intensity of e-methanol into context. Chaired by Douglas Raitt, Global FOBAS Manager at Lloyd’s Register, the webinar will include contributions from Felix Jung, Sustainability Manager, Liquid Wind; Pieter 't Hart, Green Maritime Methanol Project; and Tim Chan, Assistant Director for Government and Public Affairs (Asia/Middle East), The Methanol Institute.

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Felix Jung is the Sustainability Manager at Liquid Wind, a Power-to-Fuel Development Company in Sweden. The company develops, finances, builds, and manages replicable facilities for the production of green electro-fuel, eMethanol, to accelerate the transition to carbon-neutral shipping and transportation. Felix joined Liquid Wind in 2020 where he is currently involved in the FlagshipONE project sustainability tracking and life cycle analysis. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Energy Management and EU Master of Science in Sustainable Energy System Management and brings experience from different positions in the energy industry.

Pieter ’t Hart started his training at the Royal Netherlands Naval College in 1982. After being commissioned as an officer in 1985 he joined the submarine service in 1992 serving as Department Head Operations.

In 1994 he received his Master of Science degree in Maritime Technology at TU Delft and worked for Damen Shipyards as project manager High Speed and Naval Craft and Maritime Systems Technology as consultant and partner.

From 1997 until 2007 he worked for the Netherlands Shipbuilding Industry Association as associate director. Since 2007 he is managing director of the company Koers & Vaart and involved in strategic consultancy and project management for the shipping and shipbuilding industry.

In 2014 he also joined the Dutch Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC), focussing on project development, research, and sustainable development, and was closely involved in the start of the Green Maritime Methanol project.

Pieter ’t Hart, Speaker

Senior Consultant/ Project Coordinator, Maritime Knowledge & Green Maritime Methanol Centre

Felix Jung Speaker

Sustainability Manager, Liquid Wind

Tim Chan, Opening Remarks

Assistant Director of Gov. & Public Affairs - Asia & Middle East

Mr. Tim Chan joined the Methanol Institute (MI) as the Institute’s Manager for Government Relations and Business Development for the Asia Pacific and the Middle East regions and now serves as the Assistant Director of Government & Public Affairs for Asia & the Middle East. Tim works on the Institute’s government relations strategy in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East, as well as looking into new applications for methanol to drive the expansion of the industry. He has experience in climate change issues at various national government and inter-governmental levels. His focus to date has been on how the global climate change discourse and national regulations are affecting the transport sector, primarily in the transport sector’s transition to cleaner fuels. Tim graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Legal Studies.

Douglas has a strong background - spanning over 20 years - in marine fuels and ships’ propulsion machinery. He has managed a variety of laboratories and inspection offices prior to joining Lloyd’s Register in 2005 to lead its Fuel Oil Bunkering Advisory Services business through to 2013. From 2013 onwards he has held the post of Regional Advisory Services Manager Asia dealing with the non-Class services Lloyd’s Register offers the marine industry. In his current role he has led a variety of fuel-related consultancy projects in the area of 2020 fuels, LNG and methanol as a marine fuel to name but a few.

Douglas Raitt, Moderator