GoodFuels Marine, We4Sea, and A2B-Online Collaborate to Cut Shipping Emissions

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Tuesday August 22, 2017

A2B-online Container B.V. (A2B-online), GoodFuels Marine, and We4Sea B.V. (We4Sea) has announced the launch of a collaboration project intended to reduce fossil fuel consumption and CO2-emissions from two A2B-online ships through a combination of bunker-savings and biofuel.

"In this project we want to prove that economy and ecology are a perfect match. Efficiency and emissions reduction can form a win-win situation," said Dan Veen, CEO at We4Sea.

The initiative will utilise Big Data technology to identify possibilities for more efficient shipping operations, with We4Sea mapping out the savings potential.

"The cost efficiencies achieved by reduced levels of fuel consumption will subsequently be used to deploy advanced, sustainable biofuels, by which the CO2-emissions will further decrease," explained the companies.

The percentage of biofuels that will be added to the fuel mix of A2B-online depends on the saving in fuel consumption obtained.

"This collaboration shows how solution providers together can create added value for the industry," said Isabel Welten, Business Development Manager at GoodFuels Marine.

"The initiative is a great example of a ship owner who does not only pay attention to quick wins, but prefers a sustainable trajectory with a long-term perspective, in which energy-efficiency is strategically combined with the phasing of renewable energy."

As Ship & Bunker reported in December, Astrid Sonneveld, director of International Business Development Marine at GoodFuels has previously said that drop-in biofuels could account for as much as 10 percent of the global marine fuel mix by 2030,