Major marine fuels supply group Bunker Holding will soon offer delivery of biofuel to vessels passing the Danish straits in the Skaw and Gothenburg areas.
The operation will utilise one of subsidiary Bunker One’s 3,500-dwt capacity tankers, the Amak Swan (built 2005), to deliver the biofuel blend to ships in the region.
Bunker One is proceeding with the new B30 biofuel blend which consists of a second-generation bio feedstock resulting in a lowering of Amak Swan’s well-to-wake CO2 emissions discharge by 26%.
The Danish group said it will operate the bunker tanker on the new biofuel blend for three to four weeks before Bunker One is ready to make the product available on the market.
It has already commenced trials using the biofuel to ensure that clients will receive a thoroughly tested product and detailed consultancy based on its own results, the Danish company said.
“We realise that there are still many unanswered questions and uncertainties in connection with sustainable marine fuels, but we are confident that biofuel is a significant step in the right direction, as well as a necessary step for us as the world’s largest bunker supplier,” said Christoffer Berg Lassen, chief commercial officer of Bunker Holding.
Bunker One is now looking to expand the biofuel offering to its physical operations around the world, and the company said it is working closely with clients on specific supply requirements for sustainable fuels.
The Amak Swan is owned by Uni-Tankers and so the three companies within the USTC Group have been able to work together to facilitate a fast transition, Bunker Holding said.
“We are extremely pleased to have reached this important milestone in our sustainability journey,” added Berg Lassen.
“We want to be a driver of green innovation and to provide sustainable solutions for the shipping industry,” he said, “and we hope to be able to implement solutions in other regions to meet the worldwide rise in demand for sustainable energy sources.”
