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Fuel additive technology specialist Aderco formally launched 2055G+, a program to drive verifiable emissions reductions for vessels and offer quantifiable financial benefits for ships using conventional marine fuels.
The solution addresses key performance monitoring issues for greater sustainability, including fuel price volatility, the IMO's Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) requirements, while ensuring that emissions declarations are based on verifiable data.
Based on over 100 vessels already incorporated into the 2055G+ program, fuel savings range between 2% and 5%, including two verified by classification societies ABS (Reefer – 4.84%) and RINA (Capesize – 3.25%).
Faced with the need to demonstrate real emissions reductions in response to increasingly stringent environmental regulations, ship operators, managers, and charterers also face financing and implementation challenges in managing the complexity of obtaining carbon credits. Transparency is fundamental to ensuring the credibility of carbon credit methodologies in the maritime sector.
The comprehensive 2055G+ solution offers an optimized methodology for the entire process, encompassing carbon emissions reduction, verification with verifiable data, and revenue generation through voluntary carbon credits issued by Gold Standard.
The main component of 2055G+ is Aderco's 2055G fuel additive, a 100% organic, plant-based, ashless, and metal-free fuel treatment that has been shown to improve combustion efficiency, disperse sludge, stabilize fuel, ensure engine reliability, and minimize emissions.
Typically, a vessel trials the 2055G fuel treatment for a minimum of six months after establishing baseline fuel consumption and emissions performance from historical noon reports extracted during a dry docking. This is combined with transparent performance monitoring to lay the groundwork for the optimized 2055G+ solution.
Based on the available emissions reduction data from 2055G+, and thanks to monitoring and reporting in collaboration with Adi Terra, the vessel's CO2 emissions are offset through certified carbon credits, using the rigorous Gold Standard methodology, where each avoided and verified ton of CO2 equals one credit. The client can resell them for profit or highlight their environmental protection efforts and use them to reduce their carbon footprint.
Aderco signed a strategic agreement with Adi Terra, a project development company specializing in carbon and biodiversity. Under this agreement, Adi Terra will oversee the monitoring, data integrity, and verification process required for the issuance of voluntary carbon credits using the Gold Standard Retrofit Measure Improving Efficiency methodology.
Building on Aderco's more than 45 years of experience in marine fuel treatment, processing 40 billion liters of fuel annually, Gérald Baiwir, Head of Environment, stated that "Aderco removes the guesswork from green certification and provides the maritime sector with a clear, low-risk pathway to emissions reduction."
"The comprehensive 2055G+ solution is fundamental for asset management in an era of unpredictable fuel quality and pressure to decarbonize. This tool creates a bridge between 2055G technology, data, and monetization. This allows operators and charterers to go beyond mere commitments and demonstrate that they have taken the necessary steps to comply with global sustainability standards," said Esteve Servajean, Director of Aderco's Maritime Division.
