Environment and Energy
BHP Tests Out Tallow-Based Biofuel Blend With GCMD's Assistance
Australian mining giant BHP and Singapore's Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) are piloting a blended bio-based bunker fuel made partially from waste animal fat. The BHP-chartered Newcastlemax bulk carrier Berge Lyngor (206,330 dwt) bunkered in Singapore in early May with a B100 bio-blend of 50 percent tallow-derived biodiesel and 50 percent used cooking oil, with potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 79 percent per voyage compared to VLSFO.
