Asahi Tanker conducts B24 biofuel bunkering at Tokyo port

The marine biofuel is a blend of conventional bunker fuel oil (VLSFO) and approximately 24% biofuel.

Japan to invest hugely in hydrogen for decarbonization

Under the revised Basic Hydrogen Strategy, approved at a meeting between relevant ministers, the country also plans to increase its hydrogen supply sixfold from the current level of 2 million tons to around 12 million tons by 2040.

Japanese manufacturers enter into cheap ‘green’ hydrogen tech

Green hydrogen, which is made with renewable energy, is typically produced with electrolyzers that break down water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

G7 reiterates commitment to decarbonize power grids

G7 nations met in Japan over to agree and build upon a set of commitments regarding the economy and responding to the climate crisis.

Japan firms offset CO2 from jet fuel supply chain

Japanese upstream firm Inpex and refiner Idemitsu purchased carbon credits that offset around 10,000t of CO2 emitted from an entire supply chain, including from Murban crude oil produced by Inpex and supplied to Idemitsu for it to produce 3,000t of jet fuel, as well as transportation of crude and jet fuel. Inpex is one of

First certified low-carbon ammonia shipped to Japan

A first shipment of independently-certified low-carbon ammonia has arrived in Japan for use as fuel in power generation. The shipment is the result of a successful multiparty collaboration across the low-carbon ammonia value chain. The ammonia was produced by SABIC Agri-Nutrients with feedstock from Aramco, and sold by Aramco Trading Company to the Fuji Oil

First methanol-fuelled coastal tanker to be built in Japan

Mitsui OSK Lines, MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun, Niihama Kaiun, Murakami Hide Shipbuilding, and Hanshin Diesel Works will a build a methanol-fuelled coastal tanker. The 65. 5 m long vessel will be jointly owned by MOL Coastal Shipping, Tabuchi Kaiun, and Niihama Kaiun. The vessel will be built at Kanasashi Heavy Industries, part of the

Green shipping corridor pact signed

The Japanese government has signed a letter of intent with the governor of California to establish a green shipping corridor over the Pacific. The agreement signed between governor Gavin Newsom and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan will also look to commercialise zero-emission fuels. Other green corridor pacts have been signed

Japan, and Australia agreed to work together on hydrogen supply

Japan announced the launch of a hydrogen supply chain with Australia as the two countries and Southeast Asian nations gathered for their first ministerial meeting on the reduction of carbon emissions in the fast-growing region. In a joint statement issued after the one-day meeting in Tokyo, a total of 11 nations joining AZEC said they

JR West to switch to biofuel by 2030

West Japan Railway, known as JR West, plans to introduce biofuel in all its diesel trains, which operate mainly on local lines, by around 2030, a move that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions on nonelectrified sections, which account for nearly 40% of the company’s lines excluding bullet train lines. The move comes as Japan’s railway