Port Klang completes first B24 biofuels bunkering

Marine fuel logistics firm Banle Energy has completed two B24 biofuel bunkering services at Port Klang, Malaysia, for Taiwan's containership firm Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, on 28 June and 10 July.

This is the inaugural biofuels bunkering for Malaysia's largest port, and the bunkering was done in partnership with local suppliers Green Marine Supply and Armada Meridian.

The B24 biodiesel blend was made from 76pc traditional marine fuel and 24pc used cooking oil methyl ester (Ucome), with Banle Energy estimating a 20pc cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with bunkering conventional fuels. Further details on the fuel type or amount bunkered was not available.

The maritime sector continues to push for decarbonisation ahead of the International Maritime Organisation's 2050 net zero GHG emissions from ships. Yang Ming had bunkered B30 high-sulphur fuel oil in Busan on 26 June.

Container throughput in Port Klang has remained firm, with about 14.1mn twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) handled in 2023 and almost 3.46mn TEU handled in the first quarter of 2024, according to data from Port Klang Authority.

By Cassia Teo