In 2008, the Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster B.V. used to look actively for solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: XBEE Enzyme Fuel Technology was one of the leading projects.
The company selected the M/V Coastway, a dredger then located in Bahrain, to check the capacity of XBEE to reduce the polluting gas emissions. The reference test was carried out on July 19, 2008, and the comparative measurement on December 15, after almost four months of treatment with XBEE.