Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), NYK Group’s Asahi Shipping, and Kobe Steel have introduced a profitable trial run of biofuels on a voyage between Japan and Australia.
The firms equipped biofuel by way of ship-to-ship switch to the majority provider Sunrise Serenity on the port of Kobe in Japan. The vessel was equipped with biofuel by Toyota Tsusho Marine Fuels Corporation after which sailed to the port of Newcastle, Australia.
The vessel is operated and managed by Asahi Shipping and collectively owned by NYK and Asahi Shipping.
The three firms anticipate the check voyage will contribute to increasing the biofuel provide chain within the Japan’s Kansai and Setouchi areas.
Previously, on June 22, NYK equipped biodiesel gasoline at Kinuura port (Aichi Prefecture) to the wood-chip provider Daio Austral, which transports wooden chips for Daio Paper Corporation. This was the primary oceangoing vessel operated by NYK to obtain biodiesel gasoline in Japan. The ship then made a check voyage to Cai Lan port in Vietnam. Toyota Tsusho Marine Fuel Corporation additionally equipped the biofuel for this voyage.
From fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2022, NYK has efficiently performed check voyages utilizing biofuels on seven oceangoing vessels, primarily bulk carriers and two tugboats. In fiscal 2023, the NYK Group goals to conduct check voyages on a number of ships.
NYK has a long-term purpose to cut back GHG emissions in its oceangoing companies to realize web zero emissions by 2050. Asahi Shipping goals to decarbonize marine transport in its provide chain, and Kobe Steel goals for a sustainable society by built-in efforts to advertise a low-carbon, recycling-based society.
