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New deal slashes Samskip carbon emissions

[ October 24, 2022   //   ]

Intermodal transport company Samskip estimates that it will make 45,000 tonnes of additional CO2 emissions savings before the year is out following its agreement with GoodFuels

The company has signed a new agreement with the fuel supplier commiting four of its container ships to run on marine grade bio-residual fuels.

The ‘drop-in’ replacement cuts 90% cuts off the CO2 emissions generated by conventional fuel oils, as GoodFuels MDF1-100 biofuel is formulated entirely from sustainable waste streams from the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive list.

“Sustainable marine biofuels offer a viable way for Samskip to cut CO2 emissions by 90% so that our ships and freight customers reduce their carbon footprint in the interests of the planet,” said Erik Hofmeester, head of vessel management at Samskip. “It would take the equivalent of 1.7 million trees to offset this amount of CO2 emissions.”

Following trials in 2019, Samskip began running main engines with biofuels on the 800-TEU Samskip Endeavour on regular sailings between the Netherlands and Ireland. The company extended terms to include Samskip Innovator on the Netherlands-UK service last year, before adding Samskip Hoffell and Samskip Skatafell on the Iceland-UK-Netherlands route in 2022. Bunkering for all four ships takes place in Rotterdam.

Initially using a biofuel blend which achieved a 30% CO2-reduction, more competitive pricing enabled Samskip to integrate a 100% biofuel from 2021 and achieve the 90% reduction.

Negotiations are already underway for a 2023 GoodFuels supply contract. Hofmeester said one scenario involved extending the agreement to chartered vessels.

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