ZEMBA floats tenders for e-fuel bunker offtakes

The Zero Emission Buyers' Alliance (ZEMBA) will accept bids to secure e-bunker fuels by mid-2025.

PHOTO: Cargo ship carrying Amazon's shipping containers. X of @Port_Houston

ZEMBA members include 40 global companies such as Amazon, Nike, Patagonia, Meta, New Balance and Green Worldwide Shipping.

The coalition has invited bids from individual container carriers or consortiums with access to e-fuels capable of achieving “at least a 90% lifecycle emission reduction for primary propulsion of the vessel(s) compared to a high emission fuel baseline,” according to ZEMBA.

Through this tender, it aims to collectively abate at least 500,000 mt/year of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all 40 companies.

ZEMBA will sign 3- to 5-year agreements with e-fuel-powered container ships starting in 2027 and is “open to the potential of multiple winners.”

ZEMBA is expected to announce results of the tender by the end of this year.

By Konica Bhatt

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