カジノオンライン ("Toyota Tsusho") announced today thatToyota Tsusho Petroleum Private Limited("TTP") will conduct Biofuel^*1trials in カジノ種類 This is the first trial of its kind conducted in カジノ種類^*2and by a Japanese company TTP is a physical bunker supplier and operates bunker barges in the Port of カジノ種類 The trial will be undertaken in collaboration with industry and academia under the support of カジノ種類 authority^*3from April to September 2021

During the trial over approximately six months, Toyota Tsusho Petroleum will verify technical matters, such as the oxidation and storage stability of biofuels, and acquire knowledge by measuring ship emissions If these initiatives lead to procurement and regular use of biofuel, which is expected to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this will contribute to solving issues in the maritime transport industry toward decarbonization

The maritime transport industry, which accounts for about 2%^*4of the world's GHG emissions, is facing the issue of reducing GHG emissions, as the volume of maritime transportation is expected to continue increasing against the backdrop of growth of the global economy In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a strategy for reducing GHG emissions from ships and set a target of reducing GHG emissions by 50% compared to the 2008 level by 2050 Moreover, the Japanese government has established the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 and is promoting a shift of fuels for ships from heavy oil and light oil, which are petroleum-derived, to alternative fuels under its Green Growth Strategy In March 2021, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced a roadmap aimed at achieving commercial operation by 2028 of zero emission ships that do not emit GHGs, and this reflects accelerating initiatives toward decarbonization in the maritime transport industry

In October 2020, Toyota Tsusho began supplying liquefied natural gas カジノ種類 (LNG) to ships using Ship-to-Ship bunkering^*5for the first time in Japan and has worked on initiatives toward replacing ship fuels--heavy oil and light oil--with alternatives At this time, Toyota Tsusho Petroleum will supply biofuel for ships derived from waste cooking oil and vegetable oil to bunker barges at the Port of カジノ種類 and conduct an operational trial for the first time in カジノ種類 In addition to this trial, Toyota Tsusho Petroleum is also supplying biofuel produced in Europe and sold by GoodFuels, a biofuel producer in the Netherlands, for foreign ships at the Port of カジノ種類 This is the first time that biofuel has been bunkered in カジノ種類

Toyota Tsusho is contributing to the transition to a decarbonized society by accelerating businesses the contribute to reduction of CO₂throughout the industrial life cycle and promoting initiatives for carbon neutrality

Bunker barge Marlin Satu under biofuel trial usage

*1　Biodiesel カジノ種類 (BDF)
BDF is a カジノ種類 alternative to light oil obtained by methyl esterification of vegetable oil and fat and is expected to serve as an alternative カジノ種類 for petroleum-derived heavy oil and light oil The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) views BDF as carbon neutral throughout its lifecycle because CO₂is absorbed in the course of growth of plants, from which BDF is made

*2　Singapore’s first trial with a view to the regular use of biodiesel カジノ種類 in international maritime transport

*3　Collaboration with Singapore authority
Alpha Biofuels (biodiesel production in Singapore), Toyota Tsusho Petroleum
Nanyang Technological University (Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence) (sharing knowledge and proposing test methods）

*4　2014 survey by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)

*5　Ship-to-Ship bunkering
A method of fueling a ship moored at a quay or pier and a ship alongside by a カジノ種類 supply ship sideways