ANL, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group announced the success of the first biofuel trial on a containerised shipping vessel within Oceania.
The trial, undertaken on ANL’s AAX1 service was a 42-day rotation, commencing in Brisbane, travelling via Southeast Asia and then onto key Australian ports.
The voyage used a B20 biofuel blend with feedstock supplied by Queensland based EcoTech. The Queensland Government has also supported the trial through its Biofutures 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan which is building on the state’s emerging strengths in biofutures and biofuels.
With the success of the biofuel trial now under hand, ANL envisages this blend to be more broadly adopted in Oceania in line with IMO’s GHG Regulations set to launch in 2023.
Sustainability is now a strategic priority for more and more of the ANL’s customers as well, and CMA CGM launched in November 2020 ACT with CMA CGM+ to meet their needs and accompany its customers in their journey to decarbonize their shipments
said ANL.
