Tidal Transit runs crew transfer vessel on 100% HVO

In the UK, having been fully utilized this year working for Ørsted and James Fisher Marine Services supporting offshore wind farms on the UK’s west coast, Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra crew transfer vessel (CTV) was recently mobilized from Barrow-in-Furness to Grimsby for scheduled winter maintenance.

As part of its program of activities working towards carbon neutrality, Tidal Transit chose this long journey to fully test their MAN V12 diesel engines capability to operate on 100% renewable diesel (HVO100).

Crown Oil was chosen as the preferred supplier due to quality and performance of its HVO100 fuel. The fuel was taken on board Kitty Petra at Ramsgate in Kent, and the vessel then sailed without any negative observations up to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.

The fuel was purchased without any subsidy support from the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, adding significant cost to the trial to prove the fuel’s viabilit