All 79 of Neptune Orient Lines' vessels have made the switch to burning the lower sulphur marine gasoil while berthed in Singapore's port, a company official said, reported Platts Commodity News.
The Singapore-based container shipping and logistics company announced on April 13 that it had begun implementing the switch for its ships to use marine gasoil, a low-sulphur fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 0.25 percent, rather than high sulphur fuel oil, when berthed in the port.
The company said at the time the switch would mean its ships, which make more than 900 port calls in Singapore a year, would cut sulphur oxide emissions by 90 percent.
The company was the first in Singapore to voluntarily use the low sulphur marine gasoil in port.
The Singapore-based container shipping and logistics company announced on April 13 that it had begun implementing the switch for its ships to use marine gasoil, a low-sulphur fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 0.25 percent, rather than high sulphur fuel oil, when berthed in the port.
The company said at the time the switch would mean its ships, which make more than 900 port calls in Singapore a year, would cut sulphur oxide emissions by 90 percent.
The company was the first in Singapore to voluntarily use the low sulphur marine gasoil in port.