Hong Kong completed its first green methanol bunkering today, supplying 500t of biomethanol and 1,000t of fossil methanol to China Merchants' CM Hong Kong.
Sinopec Hong Kong, China Merchants RoRo and Sinobunker jointly carried out the operation.
Sinopec Hong Kong conducted the bunkering using a 7,500dwt methanol dual-fuel barge, Daqing 268, chartered from Sinobunker. The barge was delivered in early January and completed its first 200t bunkering at Shenzhen port later in the month.
CIMC Enric supplied the 500t International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) EU-certified biomethanol from its 50,000 t/yr biomethanol plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, with greenhouse gas reduction of over 80pc against a 94g CO2/MJ comparator.
CM Hong Kong is China Merchants' first 9,300 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) methanol dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship. It refuelled with 300t of biomethanol at China's Tianjin port in September 2025, with materials from Towngas' 50,000 t/yr plant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
Hong Kong has scheduled for another 200t biomethanol bunkering on 10 March for Cosco's 20,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel containership Cosco Gemini, also using Sinobunker's methanol barge.
