Japan: “K” LINE conducts biodiesel bunker trial on tugboat “Aihomaru”
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“K” Line Port Service Co., Ltd., a group company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha., Ltd. (“K” LINE), on Thursday (22 June) conducted a demonstrative test voyage with the tugboat Aihomaru operating in Nagoya Port using next-generation biodiesel fuel.
This time the biodiesel fuel supplied by Toyotsu Energy Corporation on 10 May at Nagoya Port is made from waste cooking oil.
“This initiative contributes to a circular economy through the construction of a supply chain based on local production for local consumption,” it said in a statement.
“In the demonstrative test voyage, the fuel supply vessel (bunkering vessel) supplied marine biofuel to the Aihomaru with using a ship-to-ship method, with the aims of verifying that there is no hindrance to the series of ship operations and reducing CO2 emissions in operation.”
Related: “K” LINE conducts third biofuel bunker trial on bulker “Cape Tsubaki”
Photo credit: “K” Line
Published: 23 June, 2023
