Technical Seminar on methane-based fuels

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IMO's Future Fuels and Technology Project is organizing a technical seminar to enhance understanding and share the latest developments in the production, safe use, and blending of methane-based fuels (i.e. LNG, bio-methane and e-methane).

International experts from across the industry will present the current state of play of methane-based fuels in shipping, developments in production and onboard technology and technical aspects of safe bunkering and fuel-use.

Date: 12 May 2026

Place: IMO Headquarters, London and on IMO YouTube Channel

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Programme

The seminar will be held in hybrid format, in English only.

Find the programme here and below:

10:30-11:00  Welcome remarks - Setting the Scene –IMO's ruleset and policies relevant for the use of methane-based fuels   

Secretariat  State-of-play of the current and projected use of methane-based fuels in shipping, developments in production pathways and on-board technology (Each presentation will be followed by Q&A) 

11:00-11:30  Reducing methane emissions across the LNG value chain: learnings from the oil and gas sector - Ms. Justine Roure (Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)) 

11:30-12:00  Scaling e-NG/e-LNG: Global production trends, challenges and integration into maritime fuel pathways - Ms. Mariana Tostes and   Mr. Rafik Ammar (e-NG Coalition)  

12:00-12:30  Methane emissions from LNG ships: measurements from engines, fugitives and vents - Prof. Paul Balcombe (ICCT)  

12:30-14:00  Lunch break    

14:00-14:30  From waste to wake: Scaling bio-LNG for a  net-zero maritime sector - Ms. Giulia Cecarelli (World Biogas Association)   

14:30-15:00  Bio-methane potential: a scalable market-ready drop-in solution for immediate maritime defossilization - Mr. Alessandro Gardemann (Brazil Biogas Association)   

15:00-15:30  Technological developments, future scalability, and innovations in biomethane and bio-LNG in the United States - Mr. Ryan Harb (American Biogas Council)  

15:30-16:00  LNG/methane bunkering: experience and future outlook - Dr. Alexandra Ebbinghaus   (Shell) and Mr. Ian Aitchison (SEA-LNG)  

16:00-16:30  Coffee break    

16:30-17:00  The Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative (MAMII) – Practical learnings and a technology update on methane emissions in maritime  - Mr. Panos Mitrou (Lloyds Register)  

17:00-17:30  WinGD’s X-DF low-pressure dual-fuel marine propulsion engines technology – minimising methane emissions and general environmental footprint - Dr. Dirk Kadau (WinGD) 

Please find the speaker profiles here.


Additional information

More information about the seminar is available in Circular Letter No.5145/Add.1

Please contact futurefuels@imo.org if you have any questions.

See also: https://futurefuels.imo.org/

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