By Neste Corp. | November 06, 2023
Neste is partnering with PTL Marine to offer Neste MY Renewable Diesel to the marine sector throughout the State of California. PTL Marine, a division of Pilot Thomas Logistics, is a number one supplier of maritime gas and lubricants, provides and last-mile logistics. By means of this collaboration the state’s marine trade can have simpler entry to renewable diesel.
California’s Business Harbor Craft regulation, established by the California Air Assets Board, took impact on Jan. 1, 2023. This regulation requires industrial harbor craft vessels within the state to make use of renewable diesel (additionally recognized regionally as R99 or R100) as a substitute of ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD), to restrict emissions corresponding to particulate matter and nitrogen oxides for vessels working within the state’s ports and close to the coast. The regulation applies to the usage of on-water diesel fuels in California harbors, ports, navigable waterways, marinas and marine navigation districts.
“Our partnership with PTL Marine demonstrates renewable diesel’s big selection of functions within the heavy-duty sectors,” says Carrie Track, vice chairman, renewable highway transportation, Americas at Neste. “We’re excited to see California actively encouraging the usage of renewable diesel exterior of highway transportation to cut back emissions, particularly from older engines. With strategic companions like PTL Marine, we stay up for serving to California’s marine trade have simpler entry to this extra sustainable various.”
Ports are vital for the US economic system, however port-related emissions from fossil gas use influence public well being and the local weather, in keeping with the U.S. EPA. A CARB analysis discovered that renewable diesel, compared with fossil diesel, can present as much as a 26.6 p.c discount in tremendous particulate emissions and as much as 11.8 p.c discount within the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in harbor crafts geared up with a Tier 2 marine-certified engine.
Moreover, renewable diesel is an instantly obtainable answer to cut back greenhouse fuel (GHG) emissions. Comprised of sustainably-sourced, 100% renewable uncooked supplies, the usage of Neste MY Renewable Diesel ends in as much as 75 p.c* decreased GHG emissions over its life cycle in comparison with fossil diesel.
Since Neste MY Renewable Diesel has an identical chemical composition to fossil diesel, it may be used as a drop-in answer in all diesel-powered vessels with out investments into new automobile fleets, modifications to the engines or the gas distribution infrastructure. It additionally delivers robust efficiency and meets the entire CARB necessities, together with a flash level of 140 levels Fahrenheit or better.
With a long time of expertise in offering fuels and lubricants to marine clients, PTL Marine can ship Neste MY Renewable Diesel to clients in a well timed method with three modes of supply – truck to the vessel, dockside providers, and barge to the vessel. These varied supply modes allow a spread of harbor craft, from small ferries to massive industrial fishing boats, in addition to offshore working boats and enormous cargo ships to simply entry renewable gas.
“We’re happy to be working alongside Neste to ship a high-quality, dependable provide of renewable diesel for our west coast clients,” says Steven Taylor, enterprise growth supervisor, PTL Marine. “Partnering with an organization that shares our values and embodies our dedication to innovation makes this an thrilling partnership.”
Neste has been supplying renewable diesel to California since 2016. Neste now has an annual manufacturing capability of 1.14 billion gallons (3.3 million tons) of renewable merchandise globally. The manufacturing capability will additional improve to 1.9 billion gallons (5.5 million tons) in early 2024 due to the ramp-up of manufacturing at Neste’s expanded refinery in Singapore and the corporate’s joint operation with Marathon Petroleum in Martinez, California.
