Hong Kong-based Modern Terminals is commencing a trial programme…

Hong Kong-based Modern Terminals is commencing a trial programme to test hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) at its facilities at Terminal 9 (South). It will be the first company in Hong Kong to deploy this renewable diesel. The test will see HVO used in three types of equipment including a rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane, a reachstacker and an empty stacker, over a three-to-four-week period. HVO is produced by hydrogenation of ester and fatty acids of various feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats, used cooking oils and waste oils.