For the first time in Nagoya Port, on a ship operated by MOL Group
Trial navigation with Euglena
Taking a step forward toward the realization of GHG zero emissions

MOL Co., Ltd.
Euglena Co., Ltd.

　MOL Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Junichiro Ikeda, hereinafter "Mitsui OSK Lines") and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo, hereinafter "Euglena") At Nagoya Port, a tag boat owned and operated by MOL Group's Green Maritime Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, President: Kiyotaka Teramoto) * 1 Our next-generation biofuel with "13 Tamashio" We conducted a trial navigation using "Euglena For the trial navigation, we received the support of the Nagoya Port Management Association, the port manager of Nagoya Port.
* 1 Tugboat: A ship that supports the berthing and berthing of ships entering and leaving the port and the work of floating structures.

　Euglena Biodiesel Fuel, which is the fuel, was Our Biojet Diesel Fuel Production Demonstration Plant (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and supplied to "13 Tamashio" anchored at Nagoya Garden Pier.

　Euglena Biodiesel fuel uses microalgae Euglena (Japanese name: Midorimushi) and used cooking oil as raw materials, and is used for the diesel engine of ships without changing the internal combustion engine. It is a next-generation biofuel that can be used. Compared to the heavy oil used in the past, it does not contain sulfur, which causes air pollution, so it complies with SOx regulations * 2, and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions during combustion compared to fossil-derived fuels. , A fuel with a low environmental load.
* 2 SOx regulation: A regulation started in 2020 in the shipping industry to tighten the sulfur content in fuel oil from 3.5% or less to 0.5% or less.

　Our, Ltd. regards contributions to global environmental conservation as a social mission, and the entire Shosen Mitsui Group is working to solve global environmental problems, concentrating all its efforts to realize sustainable net zero GHG emissions, and Euglena Co., Ltd. In support of the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration, which aims to make Japan an advanced biofuel country, we conducted trial navigation using Euglena

　MOL and Euglena will work toward the realization of a sustainable global society by contributing to the reduction of environmental impact while promoting activities that consider the global environment.

● Regarding the “GREEN OIL JAPAN” Declaration
With the completion of the biofuel production demonstration plant in October 2018, Euglena declared "GREEN OIL JAPAN" aiming to "make Japan a biofuel advanced country". By introducing biofuel produced at Our biofuel production demonstration plant to mobile vehicles on land, sea, and air, and by expanding the number of supporters who produce and use biofuel throughout Japan by 2030, biofuel The goal is to establish the business as an industry. With this initiative, a total of 32 companies and local governments have endorsed the declaration. By achieving the goals, we will contribute to the SDGs "GOAL7: Affordable and Clean Energy", "GOAL13: Climate Change", and "GOAL17: Partnerships for the Goals".
Euglena Co., Ltd. supports the "GREEN OIL JAPAN" declaration and implements and disseminates the use of biofuels, the supply of raw materials, and support for the spread of biofuels. ) Is being recruited.
"GREEN OIL JAPAN" Declaration HP: https://euglena.jp/greenoiljapan/
Inquiries about "GREEN OIL JAPAN": https://www.euglena.jp/contac

<About MOL Co., Ltd.>
Founded in 1884, a comprehensive shipping company that operates the world's largest fleet of over 800 vessels. We support the lives and industries of people around the world by safely and stably transporting various supplies such as resources, energy, raw materials, and products. In addition, we are developing a ferry business by "MOL Ferry" and "Ferry Sunflower", a coastal shipping business, a towing business, a warehouse / maritime consultant business, a real estate business, and a passenger ship business. https://www.mol.co.jp/

<About Euglena Co., Ltd.>
In 2005, we succeeded in establishing the world's first edible outdoor mass culture technology for microalgae Euglena (Japanese name: Euglena) on Ishigaki Island. In addition to developing and selling functional foods and cosmetics that utilize Euglena and chlorella produced on Ishigaki Island, we are also conducting research toward the production of biofuels. Listed on TSE Mothers in December 2012. TSE First Section market change in December 2014. We define "Sustainability First" as Euglena Philosophy and develop our business. https://euglena.jp

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