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THE PATH TO ZERO

At a June 2022 Marine Money event, Dain Detillier, who

OSVs Plot a New Course runs Harvey Gulf’s Q-LNG bunkering business, stressed the

The new directions for offshore vessels can be seen from importance of measuring actual emissions, described the ex- the experience at Harvey Gulf, and its related companies. perience with bio LNG in fueling Harvey America (with one

BSMC, in its July 2022 White Paper, wrote that: “Alternative part animal waste mixed with ? ve parts LNG) saying: “It be- fuels are the number one factor that can drastically impact the came the ? rst carbon neutral vessel in the United States.” emission pro? le of an engine.”

Harvey Gulf is also the only operator in the world with Tri-

Just ? ve out of the 1,664 OSVs operate on clean fuel tech-

Fueled (Battery/LNG/ Diesel) OSVs. nology in the U.S., and all of them are owned and operated by

In its 2021 ESG report, detailing savings from using LNG,

Harvey Gulf International Marine.

Harvey Gulf says, “In the early stages of analysis, we have

Harvey Gulf’s ‘green ? eet’ utilizes LNG and Bio-LNG as shown savings of nearly 130 metric tons of CO2“ .

The report also details Harvey Gulf’s pioneering moves in energy storage, noting that its Harvey Champion was the ? rst

OSV to be battery-powered, in 2020, and its Harvey Energy was the ? rst to be tri-fueled (diesel/LNG/battery).

Harvey Gulf and Hornbeck have both been working close- ly with SailPlan. SailPlan’s Captain Steve Bomgardner, Di- rector of Business Development, when speaking at the recent autumn 2022 conference, reiterated the need for actual mea- surement of emissions, rather than approximations, in opti- mization. Fellow panelist, David Cummins (President and eWolf tug refueling at Corvus shoreside charging station.

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