Neste and Finnish company Eckerö Line, which operates ferry services between Helsinki and Tallinn, are continuing their collaboration to reduce maritime emissions. Eckerö Line provides freight and passenger services on the Baltic Sea and is the first company in Finland to adopt Neste MY Renewable Diesel (HVO) for commercial maritime transport.
By replacing a part of the fuel it uses for its operations with Neste MY Renewable Diesel, Eckerö Line responds to the two per cent emissions reduction requirement of the FuelEU Maritime regulation, which came into effect at the beginning of 2025, and encourages the use of lower-emission fuels in maritime transport. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).
MY Renewable Diesel
Neste MY Renewable Diesel, made from 100 per cent waste and residue raw materials for the Finnish market, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by an average of ninety per cent (this number depends on the region-specific legislation that provides the methodology for the calculations (EU RED II 2018/2001/EU for Europe), and the raw material mix used to manufacture the product for each market) over the fuel’s lifecycle compared to using fossil diesel.
‘Neste MY Renewable Diesel meets our needs well. We can use it as is in our existing fleet of ships operating in the Gulf of Finland to reduce our vessels’ greenhouse gas emissions, thereby meeting the requirements of the FuelEU Maritime regulation, which came into effect at the beginning of the year,’ says Taru Keronen, CEO, Eckerö Line.
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No equipment modifications
Neste MY Renewable Diesel has a similar chemical composition to fossil diesel, and therefore it can be used in all diesel-powered vessels without additional investments or modifications to existing equipment or fuel distribution infrastructure.
Picture by Eckerö Line.
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