A new NZ$50 million project includes a newbuild bunkering vessel which will have the ability to provide two new environmentally friendly fuels, biodiesel and methanol, as well as continuing to supply low-sulphur fuel and marine diesel oil.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis tanker is a significant investment in the port\u2019s future and a big milestone in our sustainability journey. We have worked with our shipping line customers to understand their future fuel needs and we\u2019re pleased to be able to offer a practical tool toward lower-carbon intensive shipping,\u201d said Roger Gray, CEO, Port of Auckland.<\/p>\n
\u201cAchieving these targets requires a significant transition plan to zero-emission alternatives and Port of Auckland are pleased to be able to support this transition for ships in New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n Port of Auckland said it continues to decarbonise as it works towards the IMO\u2019s ambitious 2050 zero emissions goal.<\/p>\n \u201cThis investment demonstrates the port\u2019s unwavering commitment to innovation, safety and sustainability, supporting the global transition to cleaner energy while strengthening our commitment to meet the evolving needs of the maritime industry,\u201d said Allan D\u2019Souza, director, Seafuels.<\/p>\n The new 88.8m tanker to be built by Ada Shipyard in Turkey, will be an IMO Class II Chemical Tanker and is expected to be delivered in late 2027.<\/p>\n It will replace Seafuels\u2019 current bunkering vessel Awanuia, which will have served Auckland for 18 years.<\/p>\n The new bunkering vessel follows the ports\u2019 introduction of Sparky, the world\u2019s first full-sized electric tugboat in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Port of Auckland subsidiary Seafuels is looking to expand its alternative fuel bunkering options in port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,70],"tags":[40,552,2271,47,1863,2397,2398],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-australasia-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biodiesel","tag-fuel-bunkering","tag-methanol","tag-port-bunkering","tag-port-of-auckland","tag-seafuels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5924"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}