TOTALENERGIES Marine Fuels has announced it has successfully refuelled a CMA CGM containership in Singapore with sustainable marine biofuel.
CMA CGM Montoir was bunkered via ship-to-ship transfer on 29 July with biofuel supplied by TotalEnergies.
It is understood the biofuel comprised very low sulphur fuel blended with 24% second-generation, waste-based used cooking oil methyl ester.
Laura Ong, TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ general manager of trading and operations for Asia Pacific, said the company was delighted to partner with CMA CGM on its decarbonisation journey through use of biofuels.
“This latest project is further evidence of both companies’ long-term collaboration to explore and develop initiatives that promote the introduction of clean, low-carbon alternative fuels,” she said.
The latest operation follows successful biofuel bunkering trials TotalEnergies Marine Fuels performed in Singapore with a COSCO containership, a vehicle carrier operated by Mitsui OSK Lines and a bulk carrier chartered by NYK Line this year.
According to TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, biofuels offer an immediate and sustainable solution to decarbonise shipping as they can be blended or dropped into existing conventional fuels with little or no technological developments required on vessels.
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels describes itself as a long-term partner of the global shipping industry.
The company said it serves more than 200 shipping customers across over 120 ports across Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa.
