DHL Specific to purchase sustainable aviation gasoline from Japan’s Cosmo beginning April
TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) – DHL Specific, a division of Germany’s Deutsche Put up (DHLn.DE), mentioned on Tuesday it will purchase sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF) from a unit of Japan’s Cosmo Vitality Holdings (5021.T), beginning in April.
The German logistics firm will procure 7,200 kilolitres of SAF yearly from Cosmo, which will likely be produced domestically.
DHL will start utilizing the inexperienced gasoline for scheduled air cargo flights from Chubu Centrair Worldwide Airport in central Japan, making Chubu the primary airport in Asia the place it procures SAF.
DHL goals to extend its SAF consumption to 30% or extra by 2030 and intends so as to add three extra airports – together with one other in Asia – for SAF procurement later this yr, Tony Khan, president of DHL Japan, instructed reporters. Chubu will likely be its tenth airport worldwide for SAF procurement.
Cosmo, Japan’s third-biggest oil refiner, plans to start out full-scale manufacturing of 30,000 kilolitres of SAF per yr in April at its Sakai refinery in Osaka.
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DHL Specific to purchase sustainable aviation gasoline from Japan’s Cosmo beginning April, supply
