Sea Commerce Hosts Seminar On Methanol as Marine Fuel in Brazil

Sea Commerce Consultants, along with sponsors including the Methanol Institute (MI), Methanex and FedCom and supported by Waterfront Shipping, Marinvest, ABAC and MAN, will hold the next in its series of commercial and technical seminars on methanol as a marine fuel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The seminar will be held on the 13th of September, 2019 at the JW Marriott, Copacabana with presentations in English with Portuguese translation. Shipowners & operators, ship managers, bunker suppliers, port & terminal operators, inland waterway and offshore vessel operators and regulatory authorities are among the targeted attendees. 

Featured speakers will include Captain Saleem Alavi of Sea Commerce, Kjeld Aabo of MAN, Captain Fernando Gomes Coordinator, MEPC Brazilian IMO Executive Secretariat, Jason Chesko of Methanex, Luiz Resano of ABAC Brazil, and Lawrence Navin of Methanol Institute.

The seminar will cover a wide variety of topics, including methanol's potential to address Tier III NOx regulation compliance in addition to its ability to provide IMO2020 SOx compliance.

Looking further ahead the seminar will discuss the potential of renewable methanol to enable the shipping industry to comply with IMO CO2 emission reduction targets in 2030 and 2050.

Information on the global availability of methanol as a marine fuel together with technical and operational challenges will be considered. The seminar will also include an economic comparison between methanol and other alternative fuels.

While the seminar is free of charge, registration is limited due to seating capacity.  For more information and to register for the seminar, please visit www.seminar.seacommerce.co or email: [email protected].