{"id":845802,"date":"2025-05-02T01:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sp-global-commodity-insights-launches-low-carbon-methanol-marine-fuel-price-assessments-for-shanghai-and-rotterdam\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T01:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:08:17","slug":"sp-global-commodity-insights-launches-low-carbon-methanol-marine-fuel-price-assessments-for-shanghai-and-rotterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sp-global-commodity-insights-launches-low-carbon-methanol-marine-fuel-price-assessments-for-shanghai-and-rotterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"S&P Global Commodity Insights Launches Low-carbon Methanol Marine Fuel Price Assessments for Shanghai and Rotterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n SINGAPORE<\/span> and LONDON<\/span> and NEW YORK<\/span><\/span>, May 2, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, data, analysis, benchmark prices and workflow solutions for commodities and energy transition markets,\u202ftoday announced the launch of Shanghai<\/span> low-carbon methanol marine fuel (MMF) assessments, the first in Asia<\/span>, effective\u00a0May 2. Platts has also launched Rotterdam<\/span> low-carbon methanol marine fuel assessment on May 2<\/span>, adding to the depth and coverage of Platts alternative marine fuels markets.<\/p>\n

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The two new Shanghai<\/span> low-carbon MMF assessments come six months after Platts debuted the first-ever in Asia<\/span>, Singapore<\/span> low-carbon methanol marine fuel price assessments.<\/p>\n

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\n Esther Ng<\/span>, Platts Global Methanol Pricing Lead, S&P Global Commodity Insights<\/b>\u00a0said, “We are pleased to announce the launch of Platts first-ever low-carbon methanol marine fuel assessments for China<\/span>. Shanghai<\/span> is the world’s busiest container port, and sustainable methanol has already been supplied and bunkered in the port. These assessments aim to provide price transparency for shipowners as the maritime industry marches towards net zero in 2050. Similarly, the publication of Rotterdam<\/span> low-carbon MMF assessments by Platts will offer the shipping and decarbonization industries valuable price points to guide their trading and investment decisions.”<\/p>\n

\n Olivier Maronneaud, Global Research Lead for Methanol and Plastic Circularity, S&P Global Commodity Insights <\/b>said,\u00a0“Legislation supporting low carbon bunker fuel has been implemented in Europe<\/span> and has achieved substantial progress at the global level with the latest IMO MEPC 83 meeting in April. Combined with initiatives from stakeholders including governments, port authorities and ship owners, liquidity for low carbon methanol as bunker fuel is anticipated to increase in the coming months and years.”<\/p>\n

The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee in April voted to charge shipowners penalties for maritime greenhouse gas emissions starting from 2028. Just like FuelEU Maritime regulations, IMO’s proposed measures are wide-reaching as they will impact the cost of transporting fuel, chemicals, and consumer goods.<\/p>\n

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\n China<\/span> is estimated to have 200,000 mt\/year of biomethanol and eMethanol capacity in 2025 and will have 1.5 million mt\/year by 2028, according to data from S&P Global Commodity Insights Analytics.<\/p>\n

The first Chinese molecules for spot trading are expected to be available in mid-2025, with the Shanghai<\/span> port shaping up as a leading Chinese low-carbon methanol trading hub.<\/p>\n

The Platts Shanghai low-carbon MMF assessments will aid shipowners, low-carbon methanol producers, bunker traders and investors with price transparency in an important and emerging production center of low-carbon methanol.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/b>The Port of Rotterdam<\/span> is Europe’s<\/span> largest port and bunker hub. In 2022, it set up the Green and Digital Shipping Corridor with Singapore<\/span> to reduce emissions from large container vessels on the 15,000-kilometer route by at least 20% by 2030, by enabling the use of low- and zero-carbon shipping fuels.<\/p>\n

From January 2025<\/span> to 2029, under the FuelEU Maritime regulation, the shipping industry will need to deliver a 2% GHG intensity saving against the FuelEU Maritime fossil fuel comparator, with targets stepping up every five years to 80% GHG savings in 2050.<\/p>\n

Platts’ publication of Rotterdam<\/span> low-carbon MMF assessments will provide the maritime and low-carbon methanol industry useful price points for trading, procurement and investment decisions.<\/p>\n

The assessments are as follows:<\/p>\n