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• Green energy production;
• E methanol plants; The contribution of San Giorgio
• Rail transportation to ports; del Porto Company
• Small size green methanol carriers to supply a
bunker demand which will grow rapidly. San Giorgio del Porto is a 100-year-old company,
based in Genoa and with operative yards in Marseille
As opposite than for other energy sources, where and Piombino, active in ship repair, ship retrofit and
the shore-based energy need is driving the energy ship new building industry, and represent a global
supply chain construction, for methanol, the urgent benchmark for repair, conversion, and construction of
need of the maritime industry of an alternative green all types of ships.
fuel could be the catalyst for the next big wave Based on this experience and with constant focus on
of small-scale methanol networks granting production, the future development of the sector, San Giorgio del
distribution and plug and play bunkering services Porto decided to design and build the first of a possible
(Figure 2). series of ships dedicated to the coastal transport and
port e-methanol refuelling activities, in order to give his
“Required necessary steps are the own prompt contribution to the Italian supply chain of
availability of E-fuels and e-fuel ready the E-Methanol in the maritime sector.
ships, namely in Italy the creation of
a complete integrated E-Methanol
cycle from production to maritime San Giorgio 116 ship project
distribution The SG116 ship project is dedicated to the development
of coastal transport and port methanol refueling
Demand is expected to grow rapidly, boosted not activities for ships that will adopt this product in the
only from the current newbuild order book but more future as a green alternative to fossil fuels in the
widely from the retrofit of the conventional fleet to maritime sector.
methanol, which as of now appears the more The construction of this new unit is part of a broader
convenient option to insure operational life to the context of environmental sustainability that reflects the
worldwide fleet. intention to actively contribute to the virtuous cycle of
Methanol does not require the creation of a new methanol, promoting a circular economy in the energy
logistic shore based logistic infrastructure. It will be sector.
Figure 2 – E-Methanol required just adaption of the existing logistic The unit will be used almost exclusively as a methanol
full supply chain for storage utilized for despatching the conventional tanker, taking the opportunity to be a pilot project for
the Maritime Industry fuel. the installation of dual-fuel generators, i.e. capable of

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