News / Samskip and GoodFuels sailing close to near zero-carbon ship voyages

The TMA terminal in Amsterdam

Samskip and biofuel vendor GoodFuels say they have proved it is possible to reduce a ship’s CO2 emissions by more than 90%, raising the possibility of shippers almost entirely decarbonising their sea cargo.

Goodfuels has negotiated a way around the maritime industry’s usual shipowner-charterer deadlock by approaching shippers directly. This allows its customers to purchase biofuel which can be blended into the ship’s bunkers, negating the CO2 cost of their shipment.

But a vessel running on 100% biofuel was not thought possible ...