Japan’s First Coastal Vessel Powered by Waste Cooking Oil Biofuel

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) and its group company MOL Coastal Shipping, Ltd. (President: Hiroshi Kobayashi) announced that an MOL Coastal Shipping-operated 499 GT coastal vessel, the “Tetsuun Maru No.1” (shipowner: Tetsuun Kisen KK.), was successfully operated using biofuel made by mixing waste cooking oil directly with heavy fuel oil.

The biofuel used on the vessel is made by mixing waste cooking oil derived from vegetable oils and fats in Japan without...

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