Jumbo trials biofuels
Dutch heavylift shipping company Jumbo has teamed up with compatriot marine biofuel company GoodFuels to test marine biofuel on an offshore decommissioning project in a bid to move the offshore support sector towards renewables.
The Jumbo collaboration follows GoodFuels’ completion of two deliveries of sustainable drop in biofuel in the shipping sector – in tandem with Danish bulk carrier Norden and French containerline CMA CGM.
Jumbo’s offshore vessel, Fairplayer, will be fuelled with biofuel ahead of its departure to the North Sea.
BioFuels’s second-generation Bio-Fuel Oil is completely derived from forest residues and waste oil products, which the company claims to deliver 80-90% well-to-propeller CO2 reduction versus fossil equivalents, and contains no sulphur oxide emissions – all without any requirement for engine modifications.