The shipping industry is under major pressure to decarbonise and, due to its drop-in compatibility, synthetic MDO can directly replace conventional fossil fuels used today by existing vessels.

Early collaboration between e-fuel providers and offtakers across industries is an important factor for scaling up production volumes and driving decarbonisation. With this agreement, MPC Container Ships kickstarts the transition towards carbon neutral, synthetic diesel in the shipping sector.

Constantin Baack, CEO of MPC Container Ships, said, “While there will be a variety of different fuels in the future, the synthetic MDO produced by Ineratec is of particular relevance as it can be used both in conventional combustion engines on our existing vessels and as pilot fuel for our methanol powered new buildings.

“As a key building block of the decarbonisation of our industry, we expect that green fuels may come to be included as part of vessel hire, in which case it will be vital for MPCC to have a strong relationship with fuel providers.”

Philipp Engelkamp , CCO of Ineratec, said in order to make a sustainable future with e-fuels possible, it is acquiring partners around the world.

He said, “Following projects that target the production of SAF, car fuel and sustainable chemicals we are really happy to partner with MPCC to bring a sustainable product into the shipping industry.”

Ineratec, a pioneer in power-to-liquid applications, has started the manufacturing phase for its pioneer plant in Frankfurt, where the majority of the sustainable fuel will be produced.

After the commissioning phase it will deliver up to 3.5m litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marine diesel and synthetic chemicals to transform industries. From there, the German clean tech company will lead the ramp-up of e-fuel production at additional sites world-wide, reducing megatonnes of CO2 emissions.