TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, the dedicated worldwide bunkering business unit of global energy major TotalEnergies SE, and Japan-headed Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd (MOL) has completed the first biofuel bunker operation for a vehicle carrier in Singapore.
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The local operation was made possible with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
We are delighted to work with frontrunners in green shipping, such as MOL, on the use of sustainable biofuels to reduce their vessels’ carbon footprint. For TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, we want to develop sustainable, cost-efficient, and low-carbon biofuel solutions for customers across different shipping segments, said Laura Ong, General Manager of Trading and Operations for Asia-Pacific, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Singapore.
The biofuel supplied by TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has been consumed during the carrier’s voyage to Jebel Ali, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
MOL Car Carrier Division has been working on trial usage of biofuel during navigation in the European short-haul trade for more than a year. Today we are very pleased to announce that we have expanded our actions to the long-haul trades and successfully conducted a milestone voyage together with our valued partner, TotalEnergies, said Koichi Hirata, General Manager, Car Carrier Division of MOL.
20 percent blend
The biofuel blend used in this trial was composed of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (VLSFO ) blended with 20 percent second-generation, waste-based, and ISCC-certified Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester (UCOME).
From a well-to-wake assessment, the biofuel component will have reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the voyage by approximately 17 percent compared with conventional fuel oil.
MOL’s initial analysis of the vehicle carrier’s engine and machinery performance has demonstrated high compatibility and safe use of the biofuel onboard the vessel.
Immediate and sustainable solution
TotalEnergies and MOL believe biofuels provide an immediate and sustainable solution to decarbonize shipping today, as they can be blended or dropped into existing conventional fuels with little or no technological developments required on vessels.
As part of TotalEnergies’ strategy to produce a new generation of biofuels for use in transport, TotalEnergies is investing in biofuels projects based on animal fat or used oils, thereby sourcing from the circular economy and limiting the competition for and impact on arable land.
These initiatives reinforce TotalEnergies’ climate ambition to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 together with society.
In parallel, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels is committed to driving the decarbonization of shipping through the provision of clean and low-carbon marine fuel solutions across the short and long term.
This partnership with MOL has allowed us to build on our amassed biofuels supply chain capabilities and operational success, to deliver this lower-carbon fuel to a new vessel type, said Laura Ong.
Biofuel is positioned as an effective alternative to fossil fuels in ‘MOL Group Environmental Vision 2.1’, which includes the achievement of net zero emissions by 2050.
MOL Group continually takes a proactive stance in promoting the adoption of clean alternative fuels with the aim of reducing GHG emissions in ocean transport.
TotalEnergies and MOL will continue to build on their successful collaborations to explore new joint initiatives that promote the introduction of clean, low-carbon alternative fuels.
Along with various partnerships we have with TotalEnergies in many fields, this collaboration in the biofuel field means an important step for MOL. We will continue to accelerate efforts towards a low- and de-carbonized vehicle transportation sector and to develop services required by our customers, ended Koichi Hirata.
