The world’s first methanol dual-fuel roll-on/roll-off vessel, CM HONG KONG, has efficiently accomplished its inaugural inexperienced methanol bunkering operation in Hong Kong. This occasion marks a big milestone within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s efforts to grow to be a global heart for inexperienced marine gasoline bunkering.
The operation, held on March 5, 2026, at anchor, was a collaborative effort amongst China Merchants Group (CMG), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), and China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC). It aligns with the area’s ‘Dual Carbon’ objectives and Hong Kong’s Action Blueprint for Green Marine Fuel Bunkering.
The ceremony, themed ‘RIDING THE TIDE, GREENING THE FUTURE,’ came about on the Legislative Council Complex. Key authorities figures, together with the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mable Chan, and the Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Diane Wong, had been current, alongside representatives from the transport, power, and monetary sectors.
During the occasion, the primary injection of inexperienced methanol into CM HONG KONG was broadcast dwell, showcasing the internationally licensed inexperienced attribute certificates. The ship-to-ship switch concerned roughly 500 tonnes of inexperienced methanol, anticipated to cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions by about 85% in comparison with typical marine fuels. The methanol was produced by CIMC Enric and licensed by ISCC EU.
Sinopec (Hong Kong) facilitated the operation by way of its skilled bunkering service system, with CMES making use of the gasoline because the shipowner. This operation highlights a closed-loop inexperienced methanol worth chain, encompassing manufacturing, storage, transport, bunkering, and utility.
The initiative is a part of a Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed in November 2025 to ascertain a Hong Kong Green Methanol Bunkering Centre. The events concerned leveraged their strengths in ocean transport, oil and gasoline, inexperienced gasoline storage-transport-sales, and power gear manufacturing to make sure a easy implementation.
Government departments, together with the Transport and Logistics Bureau and the Marine Department, supplied complete help in coverage steering and security oversight, guaranteeing the operation’s success. This inaugural bunkering serves as each a technical demonstration and a step in the direction of establishing a inexperienced marine gasoline bunkering ecosystem in Hong Kong.
The operation verifies the technical feasibility and business viability of inexperienced methanol bunkering in Hong Kong, showcasing a collaborative strategy between authorities and enterprises. It goals to draw extra inexperienced vessels to Hong Kong and encourage using inexperienced marine fuels amongst Hong Kong-registered vessels, focusing on a 7% utilization by 2030.
The organizations concerned within the operation plan to deepen their cooperation to advertise the industrialization and regularization of inexperienced methanol provide in Hong Kong. Their efforts will help the institution of a complete ecosystem protecting manufacturing, storage, transport, bunkering, buying and selling, and monetary companies, positioning Hong Kong as a number one inexperienced maritime gasoline bunkering and buying and selling heart within the Asia-Pacific area.