SAL Heavy Lift Completes Biofuels Trial

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Marine biofuel supplier GoodFuels has successfully delivered 145mt of MDF1-100 bio bunker fuel to the MV Calypso during a stop in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in late October as part of a biofuel trial conducted by SAL Heavy Lift, reads an official LinkedIn release.

Successful biofuel trial

To make this trial a success, SAL has worked closely with its alliance partner Jumbo Maritime. GoodFuels already has years of experience working with Jumbo, as we started...

https://mfame.guru/sal-heavy-lift-completes-biofuels-trial/

World’s First Ethylene Voyage Using Biofuel Completed

Marubeni has conducted a trial voyage on one of its chartered vessels using a marine biofuel blend, which, ‘to the best of our knowledge,’ says the company, ‘is the first biofuel supply to an ethylene carrier in the world,’ reports MarketScreener.

B25 marine biofuel trial

The trial saw the Morgan’s Point, Texas-bound ethylene carrier GasChem Dollart – which is operated by GasChem Services and is on long-term time charter to Marubeni – supplied with B25 marine biofuel in Vlissingen, the...

https://mfame.guru/worlds-first-ethylene-voyage-using-biofuel-completed/

Biofuel Trials in Port of Singapore

Japan’s Toyota Tsusho to conduct biofuel trials in the port of Singapore, says an article on S&P Global.

Motive behind trial

This comes after global resources company BHP, German shipping company Oldendorff Carriers, and advanced biofuels pioneer GoodFuels, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore conducted the first marine biofuel trial involving an ocean-going vessel bunkered in Singapore on April 4, a joint statement by them said separately earlier this month.

TTP’s...

https://mfame.guru/biofuel-trials-in-port-of-singapore/

Stolt Tankers Trials Biofuel At Rotterdam

According to an article published in Argus Media, Norwegian shipowner Stolt Tankers successfully trialled marine biofuel at the Dutch port of Rotterdam last week.

Marine Biofuel

The marine biofuel was supplied by Netherlands-based GoodFuels, and was used in Stolt Tankers’ 37,000 dwt chemical tanker Stolt Inspiration on a journey from Rotterdam to Houston to assess its use in engines and boilers.

Conventional fuels Comparison

The fuel supplied was functionally equivalent to conventional fuels, so no...

https://mfame.guru/stolt-tankers-trials-biofuel-at-rotterdam/

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