Methanol plant investors drop environmental appeal, cancel big project lease

Shipping company Hafnia and Chinese investors behind a large US-based methanol factory say that the project has been put "on hold", however, the company behind the billion-dollar project has given up on an environmental appeal and terminated its lease. Port director calls the project terminated.
Photo: kilde WEC
Photo: kilde WEC
BY DAG HOLMSTAD, SHIPPINGWATCH

Whether the project worth USD 4 billion is dormant or dead as a doornail, is a matter of dispute between the involved parties.

Already a subscriber?Log in here

Read the whole article

Get access for 14 days for free. No credit card is needed, and you will not be automatically signed up for a paid subscription after the free trial.

With your free trial you get:

  • Access all locked articles
  • Receive our daily newsletters
  • Access our app
  • Must be at least 8 characters, including three of: Uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols
    Must contain at least 2 characters
    Must contain at least 2 characters

    Get full access for you and your coworkers

    Start a free company trial today

    Share article

    Sign up for our newsletter

    Stay ahead of development by receiving our newsletter on the latest sector knowledge.

    Newsletter terms

    Front page now

    On June 1, Senvion's former CFO Manav Sharma started as US country manager for Nordex. Soon he will have a new factory at his disposal. | Foto: Senvion

    Nordex restarts production in the US

    For subscribers

    Further reading