Danish shipping major Maersk and e-commerce giant Amazon have finalized a 2023-2024 agreement for the transport of 20,000 FFE containers using green biofuel and methanol.
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Spanish engineering firm Sener has completed conceptual design work on a new type of biofuel tanker and bunkering vessel. The new vessel has been designed to operate in compliance with the energy efficiency and emission reduction requirements of the IMO.
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U.S. energy producer ExxonMobil has signed a deal with container line Hapag-Lloyd to supply its ships with biofuel bunker blends in Northwest Europe.
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Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched a detailed outlook on future maritime fuels in a new whitepaper, which calls for a “well-to-wake” (WtW) approach to assess the climate impact and sustainability of alternative fuels.
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Rio Tinto and bp have agreed to work together on a one-year biofuel trial to help reduce carbon emissions from its marine fleet. Under the trial, bp is supplying Rio Tinto with marine biofuel for approximately 12 months.The trial is using a bp-manufactured B30 biofuel blend composed of 30% fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
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Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are using artificial intelligence to set a new world record for producing algae as a reliable, economic source for biofuel that can be used as an alternative fuel source for jet aircraft and other transportation needs.
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