Testing biofuels. Author: Official U.S. Navy Page. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic.
Toyota Tsusho Corp (TYO:8015) announced on Wednesday that, alongside group company Toyotsu Energy Corp, launched Japan's first continuous supply of biodiesel blended fuel to ships on a commercial basis.
Since April, the biofuel is being delivered to ships operated by Toyofuji Shipping Co Ltd at the Port of Nagoya, Central Japan. More specifically, Toyotsu Energy is supplying Toyofuji Shipping's coastal trading vessel car carrier Toyofuji Maru, using a method of fueling tugboats and coastal trading vessels called ship-to-ship bunkering.
Toyota Tsusho noted it is blending waste cooking oil collected from employee cafeterias and other facilities of its group with heavy oil as part of the raw materials for the biofuel.
