Norden and BHP partner to bunker a bulk carrier with B100

Danish shipping company Norden and Australian mining firm BHP have signed an agreement to use B100 biofuel for their voyage from Australia to the Netherlands.

PHOTO: Norden’s bulk carrier Nord Steel. Norden

The companies plan to bunker bulk carrier, Nord Steel, with 1,000 mt of B100 (100% biofuel) for a voyage from Hay Point in Australia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

According to Norden, this will be the largest amount of biofuel it will use on a single voyage.

While the biofuel supplier’s identity remains undisclosed, a Norden representative told ENGINE that the B100 biofuel will be derived from “FAME and residues.”

FAME (fatty acid methyl ester) is a biodiesel usually made from renewable organic materials like vegetable oils or animal fats.

Last year, Norden acquired a minority stake in MASH Makes, a biofuel company focused on researching, developing, and producing renewable fuels from biomass waste.

By Tuhin Roy

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