On September 30th, under the joint promotion of Xiamen Maritime Bureau, Xiamen Port Authority, Xiamen Customs and other departments and units, China Ship Bunker Company Limited’s bunker ship “Hongxin 106” successfully refueled 800 tons of B24 marine biofuel oil on board the vessel “Xin Chiwan” of COSCO Shipping Container Lines Co. successfully refueled 800 tons of B24 marine biofuel oil for the vessel “Xin Chiwan” of COSCO Shipping Container Lines Co. This marks the completion of the first refueling of bonded biofuel oil for international vessels in Fujian Province, and the whole refueling took about 3 hours.
The B24 marine biofuel oil used this time is made of 24% sustainable biodiesel made from waste and 76% traditional low-sulfur fuel oil physically blended. It is estimated that this fuel can reduce carbon emissions by about 20%.
Biofuel oil (B24) can be directly applied to ship engines without the need to retrofit existing ship power equipment, and has excellent combustion and emission characteristics, with a wide range of renewable raw material sources, and is known as a “ready-to-use green marine fuel”.