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Methanol Fueled Pilot Boat from Sweden

published on 7 July 2022 - 111 -

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Found on YouTube. Created by "Methanol Institute". Originally published on 2022-06-30.

FASTWATER Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) successfully demonstrated a pilot boat that has been converted to operate on Methanol fuel. The demonstration in Stockholm Harbour follows the successful bunkering of the vessel at the SMA pilot station in Oxelösund, Sweden, where the pilot boat will be based.

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