THE Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) has successfully completed its final supply chain trial for biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
This marks the end of a series of trials initiated in July 2022 as part of a larger pilot to develop a framework to provide quality, quantity and GHG abatement assurances for drop-in fuels.
In this final trial, bp provided the B30 biofuel blend to the TIHAMA, a 19,870 TEU container vessel operated by Hapag-Lloyd, reports New York's MarineLink.
The biofuel component used is certified to the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) standard - a multistakeholder certification scheme for biobased materials.
The biofuel component comprised neat Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) produced from food waste.
Authentix, a tracer solutions provider, supplied and dosed the FAME with an organic-based tracer at the storage terminal outside the Netherlands.
The dosed FAME was then transported to the Port of Rotterdam for blending with VLSFO to achieve a B30 blend, before the blend was bunkered onboard the TIHAMA.
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This marks the end of a series of trials initiated in July 2022 as part of a larger pilot to develop a framework to provide quality, quantity and GHG abatement assurances for drop-in fuels.
In this final trial, bp provided the B30 biofuel blend to the TIHAMA, a 19,870 TEU container vessel operated by Hapag-Lloyd, reports New York's MarineLink.
The biofuel component used is certified to the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) standard - a multistakeholder certification scheme for biobased materials.
The biofuel component comprised neat Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) produced from food waste.
Authentix, a tracer solutions provider, supplied and dosed the FAME with an organic-based tracer at the storage terminal outside the Netherlands.
The dosed FAME was then transported to the Port of Rotterdam for blending with VLSFO to achieve a B30 blend, before the blend was bunkered onboard the TIHAMA.
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