UECC Col­la­bo­ra­tes with Good­Fuels and NYK to slash Car­bon Emis­si­ons with Sus­tainable Biofuel

This ope­ra­ti­on marks the first time a UECC time-chartered ves­sel, m/v Emer­ald Lea­der, has been bun­ke­red with bio­fuel, fur­ther soli­di­fy­ing UECC’s posi­ti­on as a lea­der in sus­tainable mari­ti­me transport.

The suc­cessful bio­fuel bun­ke­ring ope­ra­ti­on was made pos­si­ble through the clo­se part­ner­ship bet­ween UECC, Good­Fuels, and NYK. Good­Fuels, the lea­ding bio­fuels pro­vi­der for the glo­bal trans­port indus­try, deli­ver­ed the B30 blend, 470 ton­nes of VLS­FO and sus­tainable bio­fuel, to UECC in the port of Vlis­sin­gen, Net­her­lands on 27 May, 2023. NYK, joint owner of UECC, pro­vi­ded inva­luable tech­ni­cal sup­port throug­hout the ope­ra­ti­on and is working clo­se­ly with UECC to moni­tor the biofuel’s per­for­mance on m/v Emer­ald Leader.

Good­Fuels’ bio­fuel, which redu­ces CO₂ emis­si­ons by up to 90% com­pared to con­ven­tio­nal fos­sil fuels, is sourced from rene­wa­ble and sus­tainable feedstocks that are cer­ti­fied as 100% was­te or resi­due, do not com­pe­te with food pro­duc­tion or cau­se defo­re­sta­ti­on. By incor­po­ra­ting this bio­fuel into its ope­ra­ti­ons, UECC is taking a proac­ti­ve approach to redu­cing its envi­ron­men­tal impact while deli­ve­ring clea­ner and more sus­tainable trans­por­ta­ti­on to cus­to­mers across Europe.

„This momen­tous deli­very of next-generation bio­fuel repres­ents ano­ther signi­fi­cant step for­ward in our sus­taina­bi­li­ty jour­ney,“ said Mr. Daniel Gent, Ener­gy and Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Mana­ger for UECC. „We are proud to part­ner with Good­Fuels and NYK to bring this inno­va­ti­ve and envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly solu­ti­on to our cus­to­mers. By bun­ke­ring bio­fuel for the first time on a UECC time-chartered ves­sel, we demons­tra­te our unwa­ve­ring com­mit­ment to redu­cing our car­bon foot­print and pro­vi­ding clea­ner trans­por­ta­ti­on options.“

„We are thril­led to part­ner with UECC and NYK to deli­ver our advan­ced sus­tainable bio­fuel for the first time to m/v Emer­ald Lea­der,“ said Ber­nard van Haer­in­gen, Com­mer­cial Mana­ger at Good­Fuels. „This col­la­bo­ra­ti­on show­ca­ses the com­mit­ment of all par­ties invol­ved to com­bat­ting cli­ma­te chan­ge and acce­le­ra­ting the ener­gy tran­si­ti­on in the ship­ping indus­try. We are con­fi­dent that bio­fuels will play a cru­cial role in decar­bo­ni­s­ing the mari­ti­me sector.“

The uti­liza­ti­on of advan­ced sus­tainable bio­fuel on the Emer­ald Lea­der, which ope­ra­tes on UECC’s North South Trade, con­nec­ting the Eas­tern Medi­ter­ra­ne­an with Nor­t­hern Euro­pe, will signi­fi­cant­ly redu­ce the car­bon inten­si­ty of UECC’s ope­ra­ti­ons. This mile­stone unders­cores UECC’s deter­mi­na­ti­on to pro­vi­de sus­tainable trans­por­ta­ti­on solu­ti­ons to its cus­to­mers, while con­tri­bu­ting to the glo­bal efforts of miti­ga­ting cli­ma­te change.

UECC, Good­Fuels, and NYK remain com­mit­ted to moni­to­ring the per­for­mance of the bio­fuel on the Emer­ald Lea­der, gathe­ring valuable data and insights to fur­ther advan­ce the use of sus­tainable bio­fuels in the mari­ti­me indus­try. Tog­e­ther, the­se indus­try lea­ders are paving the way for a gree­ner, more sus­tainable future, ensu­ring a clea­ner and more effi­ci­ent ship­ping sector.