Yang Ming Marine Transport is adopting sustainable biofuel for its fleet, beginning at Hong Kong and Singapore, and can now incorporate biofuel into its annual gasoline consumption on an on-going foundation.
The adoption of biofuel started with Yang Ming’s 1,805 TEU class container ship, YM Inception, and 6,600 TEU class container ship, YM Masculinity. These vessels are at present deployed on the Japan to/from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand service and the Far East to/from Center East service, respectively.
In collaboration with vitality suppliers Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical, and KPI OceanConnect, each vessels have been bunkered with B24 biofuel, licensed by the Worldwide Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC). This sustainable gasoline includes a mix of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) and Very Low Sulfur Gas Oil (VLSFO).
By embracing the biofuel, Yang Ming says it will probably obtain a considerable discount of roughly 20% in carbon emissions in comparison with standard gasoline oil.
Yang Ming Chairman Cheng Cheng-Mount said: “Confronted with future regulatory necessities and the challenges of decarbonization, the adoption of biofuel signifies a major milestone for Yang Ming because it transitions in direction of attaining net-zero carbon emissions. Regardless of the related greater prices, Yang Ming plans to steadily increase the usage of biofuel in 2024, persevering with analysis and funding in new various vitality sources to appreciate a 20% discount in complete carbon emissions by 2030 in comparison with the degrees in 2018.”
Along with the combination of biofuel, Yang Ming has already applied a variety of energy-saving and emission discount measures on its fleet, together with retrofitting current vessels for enhanced vitality effectivity, using massive knowledge evaluation to optimize vessel efficiency and implementing route optimization methods. Moreover, the corporate expects the supply of 5 newly-built 15,500 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ships beginning in 2026.
