Categories: sustainability

  • Furetank launches company for trading emission reductions in shipping

    The FuelEU Maritime regulation opens new pathways for the shipping industry to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions. Swedish shipping company Furetank is now taking the lead, reducing its own emissions to a fraction through biogas operations and launching a subsidiary to help more shipping companies trade emission reductions. The goal is to accelerate the transition to fossil-free shipping.

  • Furetank startar bolag för handel med utsläppsminskningar i sjöfarten

    Regelverket FuelEU Maritime öppnar upp nya vägar för sjöfarten att minska sina utsläpp av växthusgaser dramatiskt. Svenska tankrederiet Furetank går nu före i utvecklingen, sänker de egna utsläppen till en bråkdel genom biogasdrift och startar ett dotterbolag som ska hjälpa fler rederier handla med utsläppsminskningar. Så vill man bidra till att accelerera omställningen till en fossilfri sjöfart.

  • Furetank achieves fossil-free vessel operations with renewable fuels

    Furetank is now taking a crucial step towards fossil freedom, operating its EU-based fleet on biogas. A large-scale agreement for mass-balanced biomethane enables an immediate transition to renewable operations. New EU legislation has made it possible for Furetank to finally complete the shift it initiated a decade ago.

  • Furetank uppnår fossilfri fartygsdrift med förnybara bränslen

    Furetank tar nu ett avgörande steg mot fossilfrihet och driver sin EU-baserade fartygsflotta på biogas. Ett storskaligt avtal för massbalanserad biometan möjliggör en omedelbar övergång till förnybar drift. Ny EU-lagstiftning har gjort det möjligt för Furetank att slutligen fullborda den omställning som inleddes för tio år sedan.

  • Furetank releases 2024 sustainability report

    We invite you to read the 2024 Furetank Sustainability Report, summing up a challenging year of change – and rewarding confirmation of the major investments we are making in sustainable vessel technology.

  • Furetank completes milestone Bio-LNG bunkering: ”FuelEU Maritime brings positive change”

    Furetank has completed its first bunkering of 200 tonnes of ISCC certified Bio-LNG, in collaboration with environmental commodity trader STX Group and Molgas. As tanker vessel Fure Viken embarks on its next journey powered by a fuel solution rapidly gaining traction, Furetank recognizes competitive advantages in heightened EU environmental demands.

  • Furetank appoints first female Chief Engineer

    When the newbuilt tanker vessel Fure Vyl leaves the shipyard, Ailene Barrios heads the technical department on board. She is one of very few Filipino women in the business who have advanced to be a Chief Engineer. Furetank now hopes that more will follow.

  • Furetank wins Equinor safety and sustainability award

    Furetank wins the Equinor Working Safely With Suppliers Award 2024, for top safety performance in a very demanding North Atlantic trade and for taking a leap forward in the commitment to sustainability.

  • Furetank releases 2023 sustainability report

    We invite you to read the 2023 Furetank sustainability report, summing up a year of recognition and confirmation of the major investments we have made in sustainable vessel technology during the past decade – and continue to make.

  • Parliament talks: ”Strengthen shipping for Swedish resilience”

    Furetank CEO Lars Höglund was invited to the Swedish parliament to emphasize the importance of Swedish shipping in times of crisis. Together with the Swedish shipowners’ Association and unions he demanded political action to invigorate an industry which is internationally disfavoured by national legislation.

  • Furetank and Wärtsilä in engine tests: potential of halving the methane slip

    Reducing the methane slip is a vital challenge in taking LNG-fueled ships towards zero greenhouse gas emissions. Now the Finnish marine technology supplier Wärtsilä and Swedish shipping company Furetank are co-developing and testing two technologies showing the potential to halve the methane slip.

  • Furetank pilots waste-based renewable fuel for Equinor

    The dual-fuel tanker Fure Valö has performed the first voyage on a new Equinor fuel blend containing used cooking oil. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions while, judging from the first test indications, maintaining the same high performance as conventional marine gasoil.

  • Furetank and Algoma double joint investment

    Swedish Furetank and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation expand the FureBear joint venture to include eight climate-friendly, dual-fuel product tankers to trade in Northern Europe.

  • Film: London event – IMO visiting Fure Vinga

    Many prominent visitors came on board Fure Vinga during the Furetank London event, bringing great expertise and experience with them. In this film, they share their thoughts on how we can promote sustainable shipping from both private and public sector.

  • IMO delegates visiting world’s most environmentally friendly tanker in central London

    Spectacularly moored on the Thames in downtown London, Fure Vinga opened up to 500 invited visitors as the first intermediate tanker in the world which will reach UN 2050 climate targets for shipping. 170 IMO delegates, meeting in London to advance global restrictions of greenhouse gas emissions, came onboard to see how the Swedish shipping company Furetank has turned their targets into practice.

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