ZEMBA Announces Winners of Highly Anticipated E-Fuel Tender

Hapag-Lloyd and North Sea Container Line have won ZEMBA’s second tender, enabling ZEMBA’s members to abate ocean transport emissions by deploying two pioneering hydrogen-derived e-fuels.
The mission continues…

BUNKERSPOT – Taylor Goelz and Michellie Hess of the Aspen Institute give an update on the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance’s activities in Bunkerspot’s Aug/Sept 2025 issue.
Shipping is a dirty business. EVs—electric vessels—could change that

FAST COMPANY – Electrifying ships. Testing new biofuels. Cleaning up ports. The quest to clean up the global shipping industry is accelerating.
Green freight buyers’ club needs the IMO’s help

LLOYD’S LIST – Zemba wants ‘clear, comprehensive, globally consistent set of measures’ to enable shipping’s fuel transition, saying voluntary efforts alone cannot make it happen
Maritime eFuels: Bridging the Market Gap

CLEANTECH GROUP – ZEMBA’s work driving the maritime clean energy transition is featured in this extensive blog post.
ship.energy podcast – Ingrid Irigoyen and Dr. Charlie McKinlay

SHIP.ENERGY – The new edition of the ship.energy podcast features Ingrid Irigoyen, Senior Director, Ocean and Climate at the Washington-headquartered Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program, who is also President and CEO of the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), and Dr Charlie McKinlay, who is the Fuels and Technologies Lead at LR’s Maritime Decarbonisation Hub.
Global shipper group ‘bullish’ on e-fuel tender bids from ocean carriers

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE – Ocean carriers have expressed strong interest in competing for an e-fuel-focused tender launched Tuesday by the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA), according to the group’s president and CEO.
ZEMBA E-Fuel-Focused Tender Now Accepting Bids

ZEMBA’s latest tender is focused on stimulating the first commercial deployment of e-fuels in the maritime sector. Bids are due in spring 2025.
Global brands join buyers’ alliances in bid to drive investment into much-needed sustainable fuels

THE GLOBE AND MAIL – Some of the world’s biggest brands are pooling their buying power to fund the production and development of sustainable fuels as 2030 emissions targets creep closer.
Legal hands pilot launch of green shipping deal

FINANCIAL TIMES – Advisers help navigate the competition and antitrust concerns for association promoting low-carbon marine fuels