As of 2022's second quarter, the service ship of Northern Energy & Supply will run on electricity (while its auxiliary engine will be fed by hydrotreated vegetable oil).

The conversion will save some 680t of CO2 emissions.

In Q2 2022, the 46 by 9.6 m 700 dwt Northern Skagerrak will start collecting sludge from vessels arriving at the Port of Gothenburg. "When the invitation to tender for sludge collection was issued, the Port of Gothenburg climate objectives were used as a starting point in the evaluation model. Carbon emission mitigation was one of the quality criteria applied when assessing potential service providers," the Gothenburg Port Authority underlined in a press release.

David Kristensson, Group CEO, Northern Energy & Supply, added, "We are a company that is very much at the forefront in developing innovative solutions. We are grateful once again to be entrusted with the task of working with the Port of Gothenburg on a project that will result in an improved environment in the Gothenburg area."

Photo: Port of Gothenburg