Red Goes Green

(Red Funnel Ferries) 'Red Goes Green' is the name given to Red Funnel's new long-term Environmental Strategy announced today. It seeks to showcase the environmental successes of recent years and highlight a wide range of new green initiatives, including measures to change consumer behavior in line with the company's commitment to operate in an environmentally sustainable and sympathetic manner.

With a focus on improving air quality, increasing recycling rates, reducing waste & packaging and encouraging sustainable travel, many of the ideas will require testing and MV Red Falcon will be used for this purpose. To raise public awareness, the ship has been rebranded with a green funnel and logo and the main passenger thoroughfare on B Deck will shortly display information about the measures being taken and how the public can get involved.

Biofuel
From early October, the main engines and generators on Red Falcon will operate exclusively on Green-D Bio-Fuel. Red Funnel expects to see a significant reduction in the amount of Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide and soot particles in the exhaust gases which is good news for the environment. The long-term trial, one of the first in the marine sector, will help determine the impact, if any, on maintenance regimes, reliability and fuel consumption. See redfunnel.co.uk/biofuel READ MORE

Excerpt from Red Funnel: “Over the coming months we will also be continuing to investigate alternative ways of reducing fuel emissions. Since October 2018, we have been trialing the use of biofuel and whilst we proved that operationally the fuel can be burnt, supply and legislation issues mean that the fuel is not currently viable for us. We will continue to explore alternative fuel and future developments in propulsion in order to shift our fleet away from traditional fuels. " READ MORE