Shell and German logistics group DHL Express have signed a one-year deal for the supply of 25,000t of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Brussels airport.
Shell will deliver the SAF via pipeline to the airport.
The SAF will be co-processed, meaning it will be produced in a fossil refinery by replacing fossil crude oil with renewable feedstocks. It will be certified by the international sustainability and carbon certification (ISCC) programme.
DHL Express customers will be able to claim verified emission reductions (VER) carbon credits linked to the use of the SAF through DHL's book and claim model.
DHL recently signed a supply agreement with US-based fuel supplier World Fuel Services for the latter to supply Miami International Airport with around 227mn l of blended SAF — 68mn l of which will be pure SAF — over a two-year period.
DHL said it consumed 72,000t of SAF in 2023 for its Scope 1 operations — which refer to a company's direct emissions, becoming one of the top three SAF buyers globally. This amounts to around 15pc of global annual SAF output, based on the International Air Transport Association's estimate of around 500,000t of SAF produced in 2023.
