OLDENDORFF is exploring the use of biofuels for bunkering to help its carbon footprint, while stricter international shipping environmental rules loom, reports Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
OLDENDORFF is exploring the use of biofuels for bunkering to help its carbon footprint, while stricter international shipping environmental rules loom, reports Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide. 'A trial voyage using biofuel for the CBH Group, the largest agricultural cooperative in Western Australia, is being performed on the Edwine Oldendorff from Australia to Vietnam,' said Oldendorff.
The ship loaded 30,000 tonnes of sustainably certified malting barley from the Albany Grain Terminal in Western Australia for discharge in Vietnam using an advanced biofuel blend.
The malting barley will be delivered to Vietnam's Intermalt, which services several brewing customers.
The blend is expected to result in 15 per cent lower emissions compared with conventional fossil fuels.
Said Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) marketing chief Jason Craig: 'Customers across the world are increasingly seeking to source sustainable products, including sustainable grain,'
'Biofuel is one low-carbon option that could be part of the solution to reducing emissions in the shipping industry.'
CBH sold 1.2 million tonnes of sustainable certified grain in 2020-21, and reduced Scope one and two carbon emissions on a per metric ton basis of 38 per cent.
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