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Managing the Switch to Low Sulphur Fuels

Aug 30, 2018

There is less than 18 months to go until the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global 0.5 per cent sulphur cap comes into force. From the 1st of January 2020, the marine landscape will dramatically change and many questions still remain unanswered…

Gunvor Halts Refinery Upgrade for New Shipping Fuels

Aug 28, 2018

Global energy trader Gunvor Group has put on hold plans to upgrade its Rotterdam refinery that intended to make the plant more competitive ahead of new global rules on shipping fuel quality, it said on Tuesday, citing market conditions.Global…

Canada Should Bring in Stronger Rail Cars for Crude Before 2025 - official

Aug 23, 2018

Canada ought to require stronger tank cars for transporting flammable liquids sooner than the current deadline in 2025, Transportation Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox said on Thursday, noting that crude-by-rail shipments are expected to rise in the country…

Dan-Bunkering Merges with Australian Bunkering

Aug 20, 2018

Dan-Bunkering has announced that as per September 1, 2018, the group will merge with Sydney based Australia Bunkering Pty Ltd.The Australian company has been in business for more than a decade,  managed by Lena Johnston, but will now be rebranded and change name to Dan-Bunkering (Australia) Pty Ltd…

LNG Bunker Barge Completes Trials

Aug 17, 2018

Harvey Gulf announced the successful completion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) trials for the Conrad-built 2,200 cubic meter bunkering barge, Clean Jacksonville, using Harvey Gulf’s LNG Bunkering Facility in Port Fourchon, La.The box shaped…

Alphabet Soup

Aug 17, 2018

Emissions monitoring and reporting means ECA’s, EPA VGP, EU MRV’s, IMO-DCS, RO’s, SEEMP – and you. Fear not: the daunting acronyms can all be managed by employing the right technology.In the past decade, shipowners have faced a raft of new regulations…

More Ships Adding Scrubbers ahead of 2020

Aug 14, 2018

An increase in the number of ships adding cleaning systems to their smokestacks will mean vessels will continue to burn a sizable amount of fuel oil once new sulphur regulations for the fuel go into effect, Vienna-based consultancy JBC Energy said on Tuesday…

Deep Casing Tools Re-enters Canada

Aug 08, 2018

Aberdeen-based oil field technology firm Deep Casing Tools (DCT), which specialises in the design and manufacture of casing and completion tools, has agreed a pact with a Canadian distributor, ProTorque Connection Technologies (PTCT).The partnership with ProTorque…

Maersk Cuts 2018 Guidance, Eyes Market Recovery

Aug 07, 2018

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk slashed its 2018 earnings forecast on Tuesday due to weak second-quarter freight rates and higher prices for bunker fuel, although the downgrade was smaller than feared, analysts said.The world's biggest…

California Port to Vote on Hydrogen Fuelling

Aug 06, 2018

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is scheduled to vote Monday, Aug. 13, on a proposal by Toyota Logistics Services to reconfigure its facility at Pier B and build a renewable fuel-cell power plant and hydrogen fueling station.The…

UASC Sues World Fuel Services

Aug 05, 2018

Dubai-based shipowner United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has filed suit against Miami-based marine fuels provider World Fuels Services (WFS) seeking relief from damages incurred through the bunkering of off-spec fuel oil in 2016, reports Arabian Industry…

Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway and DNV GL Celebrate FellowSHIP

Aug 03, 2018

Project partners Eidesvik Offshore, Wärtsilä Norway and DNV GL have announced the closure of the FellowSHIP research project. The cooperation has explored the use of battery, hybrid and fuel cell technology in the maritime industry for over 15 years…

UAE Bunker Inquiries Spike on Worries over Singapore Tainted Fuels

Jul 31, 2018

Inquiries for marine fuel supplies in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Fujairah oil hub have spiked as shippers try to avoid loading tainted fuel oil that has clogged and damaged ship engines in Singapore recently, three trade sources said.Tainted marine fuel has been found in Singapore…

Baker Technology Buys Stake in CH Offshore

Jul 28, 2018

Oil and gas equipment supplier Baker Technology on Thursday made a mandatory unconditional cash offer for all the shares in CH Offshore, a vessel chartering firm.'BT Investment (BTI), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary Baker Technology, has announced…

Quadrise Fuels Signs MoU with Freepoint Commodities

Jul 27, 2018

Fuel oil technology firm Quadrise Fuels International said it had signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with commodities trader Freepoint Commodities to provide commercial opportunities for its MSAR fuel technology product.The Synthetic…

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