About us Fleetlist News Cases Media Contact Wagenborg is committed to achieve a better climate and environment Home / Sustainability / Wagenborg is committed to achieve a better climate and environment Wagenborg is committed to achieve a better climate and environment Wagenborg takes active part in the shipping and transport de-carbonizing energy transition. Together with our stakeholders - authorities, clients, investors, public, employees, suppliers - we accept sustainability challenges to reduce our environmental footprint. Fuel savings and energy efficiency Reduce fuel emissions with transition fuels Carbon neutral shipping and transport Modifications of the existing fleet New design & building leading fuel efficient vessels Our sequence of steps towards carbon neutral shipping and recent achievements STEP 1: FUEL SAVINGS We aim to reduce fuel consumption by using new technologies on board and ashore, such as weather routing, fuel efficiency monitoring systems, trim optimization and combinator sailing. STEP 2: TRANSITION In collaboration with our stakeholders we aim to use transition fuels to reduce emissions for the transition period towards carbon neutral shipping. STEP 3: RESEARCH We are committed to achieve carbon neutral shipping and investigate and test potential new carbon neutral fuels, such as green methanol and green hydrogen. STEP 4: CONVERSION Convert the current fleet towards carbon neutral vessels, by using new propulsion and energy systems. STEP 5: RENEWAL Renew the existing fleet by carbon-neutral vessels (new design emission free and new energy systems) Achievement: weather routing Wagenborg updated her weather routing software and installed it on the bridge of all 82 Wagenborg owned vessels. With this software update, voyages can be planned more accurately by using weather conditions in the most optimal way and thus unnecessary fuel consumption. Although every vessel has an unique sailing profile, fuel savings up to 8% are noted. Achievement: Gas To Liquid as transition fuel The walk to work vessels Kroonborg and Kasteelborg sail on Gas To Liquid (GTL) fuel as first offshore vessels in the world. GTL is a liquified natural gas, which burns cleaner than conventional fuels, and therefore produces fewer local emissions and black smoke. Achievement: Green Maritime Methanol project The Green Maritime Methanol project consortium has selected nine ships for research into the application of renewable methanol as a transport fuel, including a Wagenborg ship. Achievement: Wind propulsion ventifoils on board MV Ankie Two Econowind ventifoils were installed in the MV Ankie, a 3.600 DWT vessel. Fuel savings on the MV Ankie are expected to be around 15%, depending on her exact sailing routes and actual wind conditions. Under ideal circumstances, the Ventifoils could generate 25 - 30% of her propulsion. Our goals to achieve a better climate and environment Comply with CO2 reduction targets as set by the IMO and EU Comply with the Polar Code and use MGO fuel when sailing in IMO polar regions Sail on MGO or VLSFO instead of scrubber installations to reduce CO2 emissions Apply hard cleanable coatings and minimize the use of anti-fouling to reduce emission of toxic chemicals Comply with the Ballast Water Management Convention New vessel designs have an improved EEDI compared to the previous design Equip fleet with smart shipping tools for fuel monitoring and real time tracking Owned vessels certified by the Clean Shipping Index Our performance targets to achieve a better climate and environment Reduce CO2 emissions with 20% in 2024, 55% in 2030 and 70% in 2050 20 USCG and IMO approved ballast water treatment systems installations per year Equip 100% of the fleet with smart shipping tools for fuel consumption and real time tracking by 2021. Fleet comparison In addition to the IMO CO2 reduction targets in maritime shipping, Wagenborg has expressed its ambition as part of the Green Deal agreed amongst the Dutch maritime sector to go one step further. For example, the parties involved aspire to have at least one zero-emission seagoing vessel put into service in 2030. In addition, we asprire to achieve an absolute CO2 reduction of 70% by 2050 compared to 2008 by maritime shipping. The ultimate ambition: to achieve climate-neutral shipping as soon as possible after 2050 and in any case before the end of this century. To determine whether Wagenborg is operating in line with these objectives, we periodically monitor our fleet. Below is a comparison of our fleet in 2020 versus 2008. Number of ships: +30% Cargo capacity: +69% gCO2/ton/nm: -22% Stay updated about our maritime solutions? Sign up for our newsletter. EMAIL: SUBMIT Royal Wagenborg HQ P.O. Box 14, 9930 AA Delfzijl Marktstraat 10, 9934 CK Delfzijl The Netherlands Tel. +31 596 636 911 Disclaimer Terms & conditions Privacy Contact