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Exploring Green Maritime Fuels: CMB.Tech’s Ammonia Plans

Posted on December 18, 2025 by | Leave a comment

We are seeing quite a few announcements of green maritime fuels projects that seem viable. Ammonia is one of those, provided it can be produced in a green fashion. CMB.Tech, one of the maritime shipping and services firms that features sustainable options, has initiated an effort that will begin in January 2026.

CMB.Tech announced it will buy green ammonia from the China Energy Engineering Group (CEEC) Songyuan project, a producer in Jilin province, China. China is a good place to look for green fuels, because of its large and increasing use of solar energy to generate green electricity. Green ammonia production uses lots of electricity.

CMB.Tech will obtain 11 dual-fuel ammonia-powered ships in 2026. It is also planning to operate in the ammonia distribution business, and has obtained an interest in a Chinese ammonia supply chain company, Andefu. The first ammonia for maritime use will be transported to Panjin Port, initially by truck and possibly later by unit train.

Alexander Saverys, CEO of CMB.Tech says: “Today marks a big milestone in our decarbonisation journey. With an investment in the Chinese ammonia supply chain, CMB.Tech will be able to provide green ammonia to its ships.”

His firm is in the forefront of green maritime investment, and is not stopping despite the slowdown of green progress in the international political scene.

Gary Howard, Middle East correspondent

December 16, 2025

https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/alternative-fuels/cmb-tech-invests-in-chinese-green-ammonia

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Revolutionizing Trucking Operations: Aifleet’s AI Insights

Posted on July 17, 2025 by | Leave a comment

Trucking is a big business with a great many operational challenges. Trucking firms and fleets deal with them every single day and there’s a lot of associated administrative overhead.

So it seems strange to me that startups have not tried to address these operational problems using AI.

This article presents some of what aifleet, a trucking firm with around 200 vehicles, is using to make trucking a better place to work.

Aifleet CEO El Khoury seems to me to be very farsighted, especially in the current state of innovation in trucking.

The new money flowing to AI in logistics seems to be going to applications relating to brokering. It is not going to routing and scheduling.

But it’s routing and scheduling where big efficiency gains can be made. It’s also where the lifestyle of truckers can be improved, an area many big carriers ignore. I think there would be easy pickings for AI-enhanced scheduling and routing practices. aifleet thinks the same.

John Kingston Friday, July 11, 2025

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/at-a-conference-of-mostly-green-investors-alfleet-pushes-marriage-of-ai-and-trucking

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Impact of Trade Wars on Sustainable Energy Projects

Posted on June 6, 2025 by | Leave a comment

How will the trade wars affect sustainable energy projects and products? S&P Global has a report that analyzes this.

Any long-term conclusions are risky, given the US propensity to alter course (TACO tactics). But thanks to them for giving it a try.

This traffic light analysis is helpful to understand the implications for different utility grade technologies.

Batteries seem to be hit the hardest. Wind falls within the medium range for most criteria. However, it suffers from policy bias by the current US administration. Distributed generation, such as home solar, is also at risk because of policy and cost implications.

Retaliatory measures from trade partners add more complexity and unpredictability to decisions for these technologies.

The full report is available here.

Energy Transition, Electric Power, Renewables, May 28, 2025

Analysis by Paola Perez Pena, Alex Kaplan, Tiffany Wang, John Murray, Timothy Stephure. With contribution from Indra Mukherjee, Tom Kim, Jiani Wang, Jessica Jin, George Hilton, Cinthya Pena, and Edurne Zoco

https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/blog/energy-transition/052825-the-new-normal-how-trade-tensions-and-policy-uncertainty-may-reshape-the-us-cleantech-landscape

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