SEACOR subsidiary SCF Marine has announced that its ‘container on barge service’ is taking part in a 12-month accredited US-based carbon offset programme – and it is also looking at the feasibility of using dual-fuel LNG towboats.
Operated by SEACOR AMH, the service aims to get more cargo containers off the US roads and onto barges instead – reducing emission in the process. In a statement issued yesterday (23 June), SEACOR said that, since its inception in 2016, the service has ‘reduced roadway congestion by displacing approximately 100,000 truck moves’ which ‘equates to an estimated savings of roughly 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and more than 40,000 metric tonnes of CO2’.
Commenting on the offsetting programme, which begins this month, Rich Teubner, vice president of AMH, said: ‘Through this initiative, diesel carbon emissions from AMH’s container service and the St. Louis, Memphis, and Port Allen terminals will be offset to achieve carbon neutrality, a benefit AMH is proud to extend to its direct and indirect customers.’
Tim Power, president of SCF, said that, in addition to the carbon offsetting programme, the company was also looking at alternative clean fuels.
‘Our goal to enhance SCF’s environmental performance extends beyond carbon offsets as we continue to evaluate carbon reducing technologies,’ said Power.
‘This includes the potential conversion of the SCF Container Express and SCF Marine Highway to dual-fuel LNG and diesel. These two inland towboats will operate in a liner service supporting AMH’s container routes with scheduled service.’
