The 47,377 dwt MTPacific Beryl Photo: Eastern Pacific Shipping

Singapore- based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has actually teamed biofuel vendor GreatFuel s to examine biofuel shelters aboard the 2010-built MR vessel M/T Pacific Beryl.

Bunkering of the biofuel happened on October 8 in Dutch waters.

The examination is in-line with EPS’ Environmental, Social & & Governance (ESG) Policy, which asks for the screening and also use different alternate aquatic gas to dramatically reduced greenhouse gas discharges. “Alternative marine fuels are essential transitional fuels that will pave the way towards industry-wide decarbonisation and the preservation of the environment for future generations,” the firm claimed in a declaration.

GreatFuel s provided the residual-fuel matching Bio-Fuel Oil (BFO) and also efficiency will certainly be evaluated and also evaluated on the MT Pacific Beryl, along with various other courses of EPS handled ships in the future.

The test highlights the requirement for shipowners and also supervisors not to take a wait-and-see strategy in the direction of decarbonisation, EPS claimed.

“We are already implementing LNG and LPG across 30 of our newbuilds, but we need to look at other options for our existing fleet,” claimed EPS’ Chief Executive OfficerCyril Ducau “Biofuels, such as the advanced, sustainable biofuels supplied by GoodFuels, provides us with a solution that matches our values and sustainability agenda. Our whole team is looking forward to the results of this trial and expects biofuels to be another example of not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

GreatFuel s’ “drop-in” BFO was released in 2018 is sustainably sourced and also totally originated from woodland deposits and also waste oil items. The firm has actually currently finished effective tests with vessels coming from Stena Bulk, Jan De Nul, UECC, Jumbo Shipping, and also CMA CGM, to name a few.

Bart Hellings, Chief Operating Officer at GreatFuel s, included: “This news notes yet an additional vital landmark in speeding up the power change within delivery. We are thrilled this examination with EPS was a success and also wish to thank them for totally accepting a carbon-busting remedy that is scalable, genuinely lasting, practically certified and also inexpensive.

“Together, we are showing the shipping industry, and the world, that sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of operations already exist on the market – and that advanced marine biofuels will play an important part in the future alternative fuel mix.”