In recent weeks, the Italian company Fratelli Cosulich has ordered Its first dual-fuel chemical bunker tanker methanol. The 7,990-tonne IMO Type II chemical vessel Deadweight will be built by China's Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding Co.. With a capacity of over 8,000 cubic meters, Its cargo tanks will be lined to allow the transport of both green methanol and biofuels. The ship will be delivered in the last quarter of 2025 and will be based on the Port of Singapore under a time charter agreement with global commodities trader Trafigura. The barge will be used by TFG Marine, the international marine company fuel supply and procurement established as a joint-venture between Trafigura and the shipping companies Frontline and Golden Ocean Group. Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers Singapore will oversee the technical management and operations of the vessel for TFG Marine.

The ship will have two fixed-pitch propellers, each driven by an electric motor by means of a gearbox, and three generators dual power supply supplied by MAN Energy Solutions. A system of on-board battery storage will optimise the use of Dual-fuel generators. Kenneth Dam, Global Head of TFG Marine's bunkering facility, highlighted that "the delivery of in the last quarter of 2025 is expected to coincide with the Growing demand for methanol as a bunker fuel by shipowners'.