US-headed Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc (Eagle), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the midsize dry bulk segment, has announced that it has successfully completed its first sustainable biofuel voyage in cooperation with the Netherlands-headed GoodFuels, a leading biofuels pioneer for the global transport industry.
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut (CT), with offices in Singapore and Copenhagen, Denmark, Eagle focuses exclusively on the versatile mid-size drybulk vessel segment and owns one of the world’s largest fleets of Supramax / Ultramax vessels.
Eagle continues to actively explore ways to decarbonize its fleet, while maximizing efficiency in line with international targets to reduce carbon intensity and absolute emissions from shipping. We are extremely pleased with the results of our first biofuel-powered test voyage and look forward to working with GoodFuels in the future, said Jonathan Dowsett, Director of Fleet Performance at Eagle Bulk Shipping.
The M/V Sydney Eagle (2015-built SDARI-64 Ultramax) was bunkered with GoodFuels’ advanced marine biofuel during its port call at Terneuzen, the Netherlands.
Based on the company’s calculations, the vessel’s well-to-exhaust carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were reduced by approximately 90 percent during its voyage, as compared to utilizing traditional bunker fuel.
It’s an honour to work with Eagle Bulk as a fellow passionate environmental frontrunner that is exploring an innovative and sustainable pathway to shipping’s decarbonisation transition by bunkering our sustainable marine biofuels. We hope more organisations will follow Eagle’s footsteps in embracing our credible near-zero carbon alternative to fossil fuels, as the industry steps up its efforts to meet its environmental regulatory targets in the near future, said Isabel Welten, Chief Commercial Officer at GoodFuels.
