Under the partnership, AFKLMP Cargo will use SAF on selected international cargo flights carrying Koppert’s agricultural and horticultural products for biological pest control.

SAF is a jet fuel made from renewable sources such as cooking oil and a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel that reduces carbon emissions by a minimum of 75%.

Koppert and AFKLMP Cargo have been working together for almost 20 years and will be the first AFKLMP Cargo freight shipper to join the SAF programme.

The international biocontrol company is participating in AFKLMP Cargo’s SAF programme in an effort to reduce its transport-related carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Its live cargo of beneficial insects, fungi and other microbiological substances must be handled with special care so that they arrive at their international destinations in good health and can be used to control pests and diseases in food, floriculture and other crops around the world.

Koppert’s biocontrol products offer a sustainable alternative to chemicals in horticulture and agriculture.
“We have signed an agreement under which we will purchase a full year of sustainable aviation fuel, thereby reducing our carbon dioxide to a level comparable to emissions from our shipments flown by AFKLMP to our main market, the North American continent,” said Martijn van de Waarsenburg, corporate manager supply chain at Koppert.

GertJan Roelands, SVP sales & distribution for Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, added: “We are proud to partner with Koppert Biological Systems, a leading Dutch company that attaches great importance to sustainability. The SAF programme enables different stakeholders in the logistical airfreight industry to power a percentage of their flights with SAF.

“Customers determine their own level of engagement and we ensure that their entire investment is used for sourcing SAF. By participating in our programme, our customers not only reduce their carbon footprint, but confirm their commitment to leading the industry towards a more sustainable future. Only with the support of all stakeholders can we successfully develop a more viable market for SAF.”

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“Going forward, we will only order ships which have zero carbon emission capability,” managing director of the company’s Singapore arm, Rene Piil Pedersen told S&P Global Platts on the sidelines of the Marine Money conference held in Singapore on April 20.

This means that even though these new ships will have dual fuel engine capability and can use diesel when zero carbon emitting fuels are unavailable, this will only be opted as a last resort.

“The diesel fuel [in new build ships] will only be a backup if availability of zero carbon fuels is not there,” Pedersen said.

The halt in purchase does not include ships for which the order has already been placed, he said, but added that the company’s orderbook as a percentage of total fleet size is very small.

Maersk is now focusing on innovative supply chain solutions, integrating inland services and logistics along with decarbonization of ocean transportation, he said.

“It’s a chicken and egg situation where we can identify the technology, but the infrastructure to back it up is a challenge,” Pedersen said.

His comments assume significance because the company has around 700 container ships, including both own and operated, which consume around 10 million mt of fuel annually and has a potential of around 30 million mt of carbon emissions.

What is put in the engine and how it is designed is a very big challenge, he said, and many participants at the conference said cost effective solutions to meet it will be key.

Owners may not consider it viable to pay 20%-25% higher for a new ship just because it does not have any carbon emissions, but Joshua Politis, deputy managing partner at Transport Capital pointed out that at present, there is a lot of credit available chasing very few opportunities.

Order book for ships with dual fueled engines is at present dominated by “very large players” in the maritime industry, but for decarbonization to succeed, medium-sized owners should be brought onboard this initiative as they control a third of the world’s merchant fleet, Politis said.

Few months ago, Maersk ordered a 2,000 TEU container ship with zero carbon emission capability, that will run on dual fuels — methanol and diesel — and will be ready for operation by 2023.

“It is by no means a solution, but it is a start,” Pedersen said.

“We tested the methanol technology before opting it. Every technology has its advantages and disadvantages and in the next decade many technologies will be tested,” he said.

It is not just a case of picking up an alternative fuel to replace the traditional fossil fuels, they need to be tested properly because they will be used for the next 50-60 years, he added.

To meet its objective of being a zero carbon company by middle of the century, Maersk has so far reduced emissions by almost 46% compared with a 2008 baseline.

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The company has supported the production of 12,000 tonnes of biomethane – equivalent to a year’s fuel consumption by two 1,400 twenty-foot-equivalent (TEU) ships. The green gas is produced in part by the methanation of European-sourced organic and plant waste

CMA CGM intends to “push ahead” with the development of this biogas by investing in biomethane production facilities and studying the viability of liquefaction processes so that biomethane can be rolled out as a shipping fuel.

According to the company, 12,000 tonnes of guaranteed-of-origin biomethane is enough to fuel two 1,400-TEU LNG-powered ships operating on the Northern European Balt3 line between St Petersburg and Rotterdam for a full year.

Guarantee-of-Origin biomethane, coupled with CMA CGM’s dual-fuel gas-power technology, can reduce well-to-wake (entire value chain) greenhouse gas emissions by at least 67%; on a tank-to-wake basis (at ship level), the reduction reaches 88%.

Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and CEO of CMA CGM, said: “We have crossed a new step with the launch of the first low-carbon shipping offer based on biomethane.

“We know that there is still a long way to go to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement. Achieving these goals does not rely on a single solution, but on a set of initiatives and new technologies complementary to each other.”

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The investment comes as LanzaJet continues its work to build the first Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) facility, a commercial-scale plant (10 million gallons per year capacity) in Soperton, Georgia, US. Freedom Pines Fuels, as it is called, continues on schedule with operations beginning in 2022.

LanzaJet’s technology is able to produce up to 90% of its fuels as SAF, with the remaining 10% as renewable diesel.  The SAF will be blended with conventional fossil jet fuel and be supplied to airports through the existing supply routes.

Anna Mascolo, President, Shell Aviation, said: “LanzaJet’s technology opens up a new and exciting pathway to produce SAF using an AtJ process and will help address the aviation sector’s urgent need for SAF.
“It demonstrates that the industry can move faster and deliver more when we all work together. Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions.”

Jimmy Samartzis, LanzaJet CEO, added: “We’ve been at a crossroads for years and we’re now at a point in time when real solutions matter to address the global need to get to net zero. At LanzaJet, we’re in a unique position with technology that is ready and scaling today to produce lower-carbon, sustainable fuels. Shell’s investment and partnership helps to further advance our work to do our part to decarbonize aviation globally, a sector with limited other options in the near- and mid-term.”

Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaJet Board Chair and LanzaTech CEO, said: “We have an outstanding group of investors, leading in the energy transition and working across industries to reduce carbon emissions. I am delighted to welcome Shell to the LanzaJet family as we work together to realize our ambition of producing significant volumes of SAF from wastes to help the aviation sector meet their carbon reduction goals.”

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The fuel requirements on the flights are covered entirely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), which are estimated to save around 174 tonnes of conventional kerosene each week.

Jochen Thewes, ceo of DB Schenker, commented: “As of now, carbon neutral supply chains are also feasible with air freight. Our weekly flights between Frankfurt and Shanghai are the kick-off of a new era. We are proud to have already convinced so many customers of this future-orientated product. Next, business and politics have to take charge to create more capacity for regenerative fuels and clean aviation.”

Dorothea von Boxberg, ceo of Lufthansa Cargo, added: “With the world’s first sustainable cargo flight with DB Schenker at the end of 2020, we demonstrated that flying without fossil emissions is already possible. Today, we jointly launched the world’s first regular sustainable cargo flight connection. This paves the way for many more connections of this kind. We are counting on the determination of our industry and the dedication of consumers to get this off the ground together.”

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