Tag: biodiesel

HMM announced that it conducted a trial use of a sustainable marine biofuel on its 6,400TEU containership HMM TACOMA calling in Busan, South Korea.

DNV, in its latest white paper “Biofuels in shipping" has reported that the flexibility of biofuels can enable the shipping industry to accelerate its journey towards decarbonization while maintaining operational efficiency. However, current limitations in production capacity, may impact short-term supply and create stiff competition with other sectors.

On June 3, 2022, the EU adopted a sixth package of sanctions that banned imports of seaborne crude oil from Russia into the EU (effective December 5, 2022) and banned seaborne imports of petroleum products from Russia, including diesel fuel (effective February 5, 2023).

IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO) announced that it has conducted a trial on one of its vessels using a marine biofuel blend delivered in Singapore on 18 December 2022.