Virgin Voyages enters long-term partnerships with biofuel suppliers

US-based cruise line Virgin Voyages has teamed up on bio-bunker supply with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and three biofuel providers - Argent Energy, GoodFuels and Twelve.

PHOTO: Virgin Voyages’ cruise ship Scarlet Lady. Virgin Voyages

The cruise line will enter long-term deals with these three suppliers of waste-based bio-bunker fuel to supply its vessels, and has plans to strike more of these deals in the future.

Virgin Voyages claims that its fleet can reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by 75% or more if it switches to more sustainable biofuel blends.

Biofuels are being explored by several shipping firms to lower near-term carbon emissions as these fuels can be blended with conventional fuels as drop-in fuels.

Earlier this month, Denmark-based Maersk Supply Service (MSS), a part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, said it will use biofuel across its global fleet to reduce carbon emissions.

Also this month, GoodFuels supplied biofuel blends to a cruise ship operated by US-based Holland America Line in Rotterdam.

By Tuhin Roy

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