World's first electric bunker delivers stem

The world’s first pure battery tanker Asahi completed its first bunker delivery on Tuesday.

PHOTO: Zero-emission pure battery tanker Asahi. Asahi Tankers

It supplied fuel to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ (MOL) car carrier Victorious Ace  at the Daikoku Pier C-1 Wharf in Yokohama, Japan.

Large-capacity lithium-ion batteries power the tanker, which does not emit any greenhouse gases (GHG), a joint statement from the MOL and Asahi Tanker says.

In June last year, the MOL Group had announced its target of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2050.