ADDISON, Texas, July 18, 2024 — The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) has successfully completed its final supply chain trial for biofuel blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO). This completion marks the culmination of a series of trials initiated in July 2022 as part of a larger pilot to develop a framework to provide quality, quantity and GHG abatement assurances for drop-in fuels.
The biofuel component comprised neat Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) produced from food waste. Authentix supplied and dosed the FAME with an organic-based tracer at the storage terminal outside the Netherlands, where it was then transported to the Port of Rotterdam for blending with VLSFO to achieve a B30 blend.
Results of the pilot showed the neat FAME had an 85.4% emissions reduction compared to the emissions of marine gas oil. Read the full release by GCMD for more information and results.