Marine energy transportation company Teekay Tankers has teamed up with marine fuels supplier Burando Energies to deploy B100 ISCC-certified FAME residue on multiple vessels across the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.
According to Burando Energies, the delivery of B100 straight-run FAME residue marks ‘a major breakthrough’ in deep-sea decarbonization.
Earlier this year, Teekay Tankers and Buradno Energies collaborated on a 30% biofuel blend to test operational viability. The bunkering operation included the delivery of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) containing 30% ISCC-certified FAME residue in the Port of Amsterdam.
The companies have now scaled up to a “fully renewable marine fuel, commercially delivered, operationally proven, and fully certified” , transitioning from trials to full deployment in the ARA region, Burando Energies explained.
The Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA), said to be the world’s second-largest bunkering hub, is the focus of the newly-launched Bunkering Services Initiative, which aims to address the widely reported issues of fuel quantity shortages and fuel quality opacity across the marine fuel supply chain.
The initiative defines a new ”gold standard” of technology-enabled bunkering operations, with integration of mass flow meters, digitalized workflows over the blockchain, traceable fuel quality measurements throughout the supply chain, full accounting of quantity balances, and real-time reporting to participants