“Okay” LINE’s Operated Vessel to Obtain Provide of Marine Biofuel for the First Time in Japan
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“Okay” LINE) is happy to announce that on Monday, December 9, marine biofuel was provided to VIKING OCEAN, a automobile provider it operates, at Yokohama Daikoku C-4 Terminal, a finished-vehicle terminal operated by the “Okay” LINE Group. That is the primary time that “Okay” Line has provided biofuel to its operated vessels in Japan. The proprietor of the vessel is Norwegian primarily based Gram Automobile Carriers, a long-term associate of “Okay” LINE.
Marine biofuel has the potential to change into an environmentally pleasant different gas. and the FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) element of the marine biofuel will be capable of scale back CO2 emissions by about 84% within the well-to-wake (from gas era to consumption) course of with out altering present engine specs.
This marine biofuel comprises 24% of FAME blended with very low sulfur gas oil (VLSFO) and is predicted to cut back the emissions from the voyage of the VIKING OCEAN by approx. 190 tons of CO2.
The marine biofuel is constituted of renewable natural assets, resembling biomass which don’t make the most of as foodstuff and feed crop.
In “Okay” LINE Environmental Imaginative and prescient 2050 -Blue Seas for the Future- *¹, “Okay” LINE has set the 2030 interim goal of bettering CO2 emissions effectivity by 50% in contrast with 2008, surpassing the IMO goal of a 40% enchancment. Moreover, it units its new goal for 2050 as “The Problem of Reaching Internet-Zero GHG Emissions.” Within the motion plan for this imaginative and prescient, “Okay” LINE will proceed working to introduce different fuels that may allow it to cut back its environmental influence, as it really works to attain the targets above.
*¹ “Okay” LINE Environmental Imaginative and prescient 2050: Blue Seas for the Future
As a part of our motion plan to cut back GHG, we’re engaged in a lot of initiatives, as an example introducing zero-emission fuels resembling ammonia and hydrogen fuels, and carbon-neutral fuels resembling bio-LNG and artificial fuels.
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