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TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, Hapag-Lloyd complete first biofuel bunker term delivery in Singapore

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed its first refuelling of a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in Singapore with sustainable, UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester)-based, marine biofuel.

This first bunker operation marks the start of a term supply agreement between the two companies, which commits TotalEnergies to provide VLSFO (Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil) blended with 24% second-generation, waste-based and ISCC-certified UCOME to Hapag-Lloyd’s ships.

Based on a well-to-wake assessment, this B24 biofuel blend will reduce approximately 20% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions compared with conventional fuel oil, according to a statement.

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, Hapag Lloyd and JPUT commemorated the start of this first biofuel term delivery with a visit to JPUT, on 7 February 2023. From left to right: Loh Wei (Chief Executive Officer, JPUT), Louise Tricoire (Vice President, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels) and Lukas Gaus (Director – Global Fuel Purchasing, Hapag Lloyd).

As part of this operation, Hapag-Lloyd’s 15,000 TEU container vessel Afif took on 2,000 MT of biofuel on 20 January 2023. The ship-to-ship biofuel transfer was made possible with the services rendered by Jurong Port Universal Terminal Pte Ltd (JPUT), which also took on 100% UCOME bio-component into their storage tanks for the first time, which further underscores the significance of this operation.

Jan Christensen, senior director of global fuel purchasing at Hapag-Lloyd, commented, “This is another early step for Hapag-Lloyd on our decarbonisation journey. In combination with other green fuels, biofuel will play an important role towards a carbon-free environment by 2045. Consistent supply of biofuel in Singapore will allow us to offer sustainable transportation solutions to our customers, thereby supporting them in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint.”

Louise Tricoire, vice president of TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, said, “This biofuel bunker term contract also ushers a new chapter for TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, as we build on our operational expertise gained from multiple biofuel bunker trials we have done in 2022, to provide a scalable solution of this lower-carbon marine fuel.”





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