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In Denmark the biggest European E-Metanol manufacturing plant in Europe has been in operation. It was inaugurated within the metropolis of Kassø and has an annual manufacturing capability of 42 thousand tons, about 53 million liters. The plant will present a big share of its manufacturing to the Marsk logistics big, which goals to drasticly cut back the emissions of its fleet.

The e-methanol is in truth an artificial gas with low emissions. Unlike conventional methanol, it doesn’t derive from fossil sources resembling fuel or coal and is a attainable answer for the discount of marine air pollution attributable to maritime transport.

The worldwide maritime group (IMO) has set the aim of resetting internet carbon emissions by 2050). This milestone was established within the IMO 2023 technique on the discount of greenhouse fuel emissions from ships, adopted in the course of the session of the committee for the safety of the marine atmosphere in July 2023.

The Danish initiative was born from the collaboration between the native European firm Energy and the Japanese Mitsui.

The air pollution attributable to maritime transport is an issue

The emission of greenhouse fuel from ships is an issue as a result of maritime transport is chargeable for about 3% of world carbon dioxide emissions. The ships primarily use heavy gas oil, a by-product of extremely polluting oil, emitting excessive portions of CO₂, sulfur oxides and fantastic particulates, which contain critical harm to well being and the atmosphere.