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Pilot boat LIVE LAUNCH EVENT today, 10:00 AM (CET)


published on 14 December 2021 468 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "Sjöfartsverket". Originally published on 2021-12-09.
We are proud to announce the launch of the first FASTWATER demonstrator: The pilot boat.

We would like to celebrate this important milestone with you and invite you to our online pilot boat launch event on December 14th, 2021 from 10.00 - 12.00.

With keynotes form Members of the Swedish National Parliament Johan Büser (S) and Anders Hansson (M), and in-deepth presentations about:
- the MD 97 methanol engine
(by Patrik Molander, ScandiNAOS AB)
- the technical design and the pilot boat conversion process
(by Albert Wiström, Sjöfartsverket)
- Green #methnaol production in Sweden
(by Johannes Bogren, Södra)
- the methanol bunkering station
(by Daniel Salomonsson, Malte Fuel & Wash)
- the role of green methanol as an alternative fuel for shipping
(by Eelco Dekker, Methanol Institute)
- The bunkering process of methanol
(by Joanne Ellis, SSPA - Your Maritime Solution Partner)

We have a lot to share with you! And of course you will get to see the methanol pilot boat in action.

Welcome!
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Vi är stolta över att tillkännage lanseringen av den första FASTWATER-demonstrationen: Lotsbåten.

Vi vill fira denna milstolpe med dig och bjuda in dig till vårt online-event för lotsbåtslansering den 14 december 2021 kl. 10.00 - 12.00.

Huvudtalare är riksdagsledamöterna Johan Büser (S) och Anders Hansson (M), och sedan följer presentationer om:
- MD 97 metanolmotorn, av Patrik Molander, ScandiNAOS AB
- Den tekniska designen och ombyggnadsprocessen för pilotbåtar, av Albert Wiström, Sjöfartsverket
- Grön #metnaolproduktion i Sverige, av Johannes Bogren, Södra
- Metanolbunkringsstationen, av Daniel Salomonsson, Malte Fuel & Wash
- Grön metanols roll som alternativt bränsle för sjöfarten, av Eelco Dekker, Methanol Institute
- Bunkringsprocessen av metanol, av Joanne Ellis, SSPA - Your Maritime Solution Partner

Vi har mycket att dela med dig, och självklart kommer du att få se metanollotsbåten i drift.

Välkommen!

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