Denna studie har kartlagt vilka drivmedel som användes av svenska handelsflottans fartyg från 2016 och hur stor andel som inte var petroleumbaserad. Fokus riktades mot Linnéuniversitetets sjöingenjörsprogram där en analys av kursplaners mål samt innehåll belyste om alternativa drivmedel fanns inkluderat i utbildningen. Respondenterna på sjöingenjörsprogrammet var delaktiga i en intervjustudie som klargjorde om framtidsutsikter för realisering av alternativa drivmedel var möjlig. Resultaten visade att det fanns tre alternativa drivmedel inom svenska sjöfarten, där inga kurser hade direkt koppling men genom ledord fanns tre kurser med relevans till alternativa drivmedel. Det fanns ett gemensamt mål inom respondenterna på Linnéuniversitetet om alternativa drivmedel men vägen till förverkligande var inte klarsynt. / A few years ago, marine diesel and heavy fuel oil were the fuels that drove shipsforward. But with new legal requirements and climate goals, other potential fuelshave seen the light of day. These alternative fuels have resulted in an increase in thesystems you need knowledge of on board. The purpose of the study is to focus onhow the education to become a marine engineer keeps up with the rapidtechnological development that is taking place today.The study was carried out in several stages where document studies were compiledand became the basis for an interview study. The first document study resulted inwhat fuel the Swedish merchant fleet's newer ships use. In addition to marine dieseland heavy oil, alternative fuels such as liquid natural gas, methanol and batteryoperation are also used. These alternative fuels are used or can be used on about athird of the surveyed ships today.The second document study was done against the marine engineering program tosee if there was any connection to alternative fuels in the education's syllabuses. Nodirect connection was found, but by using key words for alternative fuels, threecourses were found with content that could be associated with the alternative fuels.The results of the document studies formed the basis for an interview study in whichpersonnel linked to the marine engineering education at the Linnaeus Universitywere interviewed. The result of the interview study was that all respondents agreedthat education is needed in the alternative fuels that have arrived. However, therespondents did not agree on what the training should look like, as there were manydifferent education proposals. Since there were also expressions from respondentsabout time, knowledge, and resource shortages, they need to reach an agreementwith a way forward to be able to secure the educational efforts towards a commongoal.