Ferry company Stena Line has announced that it will run the world’s first ship powered by methanol in order to reduce emissions.
The company, in co-operation with engine manufacturer Wärtsilä and methanol producer and supplier Methanex Corporation, will convert a 1,500 passenger, 240 m long ferry to methanol propulsion by early 2015.
The ship will run, as it currently does, between Gothenburg in Sweden and Kiel in Germany.
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