Fuels & Lubes News


Call for Carriage Ban on Non-Compliant Fuel

Jan 22, 2018

A group of leading environmental and maritime shipping organizations have called for the prohibition of transporting non-compliant marine fuels once the global 0.5 percent sulfur cap takes effect in 2020.   The United Nation's International…

Sabine Pass LNG Plant Suffers Outage

Jan 22, 2018

Production at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Louisiana is running well below capacity, resulting in disruption to cargo loadings, trade sources said.Feed gas supply into the liquefaction plant plunged sharply during the weekend…

Aegean Exits Singapore Bunker Market

Jan 19, 2018

Aegean Bunkering Pte Ltd on Friday said it had this week left the world's largest marine fuels market in Singapore after handing back its supply and craft operator licences. The company had announced in October that it would halt physical…

Dan-Bunkering Promotes Cördük

Jan 15, 2018

A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. has announced the promotion of Ibrahim (Ibo) Cördük to Senior Bunker Trader effective January 9, 2018.  Cördük originally joined Dan-Bunkering’s Middelfart office in 2008, thus he can celebrate his 10th anniversary with the company this year.

Green Shipping: Cargo Carriers Clutch at Compliance

Jan 11, 2018

LNG looms as the bridge to a ‘zero emissions’ future for shipping. The advent of industry wide tightening of allowable sulfur emissions is getting nearer. Suddenly, with the deadline now just one year away, the countdown clock will very soon be ticking much louder…

IMO Orders Fuels of the Future

Jan 11, 2018

The new sulfur, carbon dioxide limits will demand precise understanding by ship owners and operators.  Globally, new regulations are coming into effect governing the Sulfur Oxide (SOx) limits and CO2 emissions. The International Maritime…

Socgen Joins SEA\LNG

Jan 09, 2018

French multinational banking and financial services company Societe Generale (Socgen) has joined SEA\LNG, the industry coalition promoting the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel. The bank is the first financial institution to join SEA\LNG…

Crowley’s Solutions Group Reorganizes

Jan 09, 2018

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s solutions group announced that it is reorganizing and establishing new leadership to better serve customers in need of engineering, project management and government services.  Solutions is the company’s dedicated…

India Ups Import Tax on Petcoke in Blow to US Refiners

Dec 15, 2017

India has raised the effective import duty on petroleum coke to 10 percent from 2.5 percent, according to a government order, days after the government told a court it was in favour of curbing the use of the dirty-burning fuel.The duty has…

Wärtsilä Launches Fuel-saving VER System

Dec 04, 2017

The technology group Wärtsilä is introducing its Voyage Emissions Reduction (VER) system as a means for increasing oil tanker revenues, while also significantly aiding the environment through reduced emissions.  The system effectively eliminates…

Finland's Manga LNG Terminal Gets First Cargo

Nov 20, 2017

The first shipload of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrival to the LNG import terminal in Tornio, Finland, on Sunday November 19, 2017.  The Manga LNG natural gas import terminal in Röyttä Harbor, Tornio, is a joint venture of the industrial companies Outokumpu and SSAB Europe…

Shell Charters LNG Bunker Barge in US

Nov 07, 2017

Shell Trading (US) Company announced it has finalized a long-term charter agreement with Q-LNG Transport, LLC for an LNG bunker barge with the capacity to carry 4,000 cubic meters of LNG fuel.   As the first of its kind to be based in the United States…

World First: LNG to Fuel Largest Containerships

Nov 07, 2017

The move to LNG as fuel in the maritime sector picks up steam, as CMA CGM announced plans to outfit nine of its new 22,000 TEU containerships with LNG fueled engines. A trend that started in the United States is spreading to the world, as…

Aegean Becomes Fourth Bunker Supplier to Exit Singapore

Nov 02, 2017

Aegean Bunkering Pte Ltd will halt physical supply operations in Singapore by January, the company said, becoming the fourth such firm to exit the world’s largest marine refuelling hub after it adopted tougher bunkering procedures this year…

Astomos and Elgas to Study LPG as Shipping Fuel

Oct 26, 2017

Tokyo-based Astomos Energy Corporation and , Australia’s leading LPG marketer and distributor have signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) for the further study of LPG as a ship bunker fuel(LPG bunkering). LPG bunkering is a possible…

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