CMA CGM, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), informed that it has started biofuel bunkering in Singapore as part of its trial to scale-up the wider adoption of the clean energy.
Namely, its 10,640-TEU vessel APL PARIS was the first of the Group’s vessels on trial to be bunkered with biofuel in Singapore on 23 February 2022.
Ship-to-containership biofuel bunkering took place alongside simultaneous container loading and discharging operations before the vessel plies the Asia-South America rotation of the Pacific East Coast 2 service.
A trial involving up to 32 ships deployed on multiple trade lanes. The 6-month global trial will involve up to 32 containerships running on a different blends of biofuel to measure CO2 and NOx emissions in order to obtain a trend analysis.
Some of these vessels will be fuelled in Singapore with B24 biofuel, which includes 24% used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) in the advanced biofuel blended with conventional fuels.
The vessels on trial will serve several trade lanes including Asia-South America, Asia-Africa, Asia-Oceania, Asia-Mediterranean, North Europe–Oceania and North Europe-North America.
B24 can reduce carbon emissions by 21% and it is compatible with modern ship engines, as it can be run on all vessel types without requiring technical, safety or design adjustments.
With the use of biofuels being assessed over multiple key trade lanes and onboard ships of various sizes, we shall gather a comprehensive data set to verify the biofuel’s performance as a marine fuel and gain insights into facilitating a wider adoption of biofuel as a clean fuel
stated Stéphane Courquin, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Asia Pacific.
For her part, Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive of MPA, added that MPA is happy to facilitate APL PARIS biofuel bunkering in Singapore.
