Biodiesel

German Container Shipping Giant Trials B20 Fuel for CO2 Emissions Reduction

German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd announced its ships recent refueling in Rotterdam with a new, eco-friendly biofuel, reports Safety4Sea.

Steps to reduce CO2 emissions 

German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd announced that one of its ships recently refueled in Rotterdam with a new, eco-friendly biofuel, as part of the company’s plan to reduce CO2 emissions generated by its operating ships.

For the first time, Hapag-Lloyd is using the so-called “B20” fuel for its container ship...

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Scrubber Orders Swell Yet Alternative Fuels Seems Preferred

Scrubber orders till date this year have dwarfed all previous years combined, according to data on DNV GL’s online Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) database, writes Paul Gunton for an article in ShipInsight.

Scrubber installations

With the information provided by scrubber manufacturers, at the time of writing AFI reports a total of 3,023 ships in operation or on order for delivery this year have, or will have, exhaust scrubbers. 

The corresponding figure at the end of 2018 was just 767.

Though the...

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