BP and Maersk Tankers successfully complete trial of biofuel blend on ships – The National

BP and Maersk Tankers successfully complete trial of biofuel blend on ships – The National

BP and Maersk Tankers successfully completed trials using marine fuel blended with biofuel on tankers as efforts grow to tackle the shipping sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

Global shipping accounts for about 3 per cent of global carbon emissions. The sector is considered relatively hard to decarbonise because of a lack of alternatives to marine fuel.

The trials were completed on two refined oil product carriers chartered to BP from Maersk Tankers – Maersk Cirrus and Maersk Navigator, BP said in a statement.