Yearly Archives: 2019
Who is Willing To Take the Greater Fall in the Trade War?
China's plan to put tariffs on U.S. crude oil shows it is willing to take more economic pain in the trade war than...
Singapore Prepared for Fuel Oil Deadline
Leading independent oil storage companies highlight a growth in gas and chemicals storage over oil products tankage and the focus on fuel oil...
[Watch] World’s Largest Plug-in Hybrid Delivered
Norway’s Ulstein Verft shipyard has delivered the world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel, Color Hybrid, to Color Line. Measuring 160 m in length and 27.1 m...
Platts Gets Cracking With LNG Bunker Fuel Assessments Ahead of IMO2020
IMO regulations imply the use of LNG bunker fuel or scrubber installations.
Platts agency to launch top global bunkering hubs at Singapore and...
Robot Ship Maxlimer To Make the Vaunted Crossing
Maxlimer could be the first unmanned surface vessel to make the vaunted crossing—opening the way for a new generation of oceangoing drones, cutting prices...
K-NOM’s Shipyard Focuses on “Green Refits”
N-KOM has completed almost 1,000 marine and offshore projects such as drydocking and repairs undertaken for various types of vessels.
The vessels include...
Shippers Keen To Experiment With Wind and Battery Power!
In April 2018, the IMO adopted targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry by at least 50 percent in 2050...
SFL’s Stable Performance Yields 10% in Q2 Reports
In 2018, SFL received $1.5 million in profit sharing and in 2017 they got as much as $5.6 million, admittedly with a larger...
LSFO Output Capacity To Increase in 2020 Due To Chinese Refiners
China imported 16.44 million mt of fuel oil in 2018 from which 56% came from Singapore and Malaysia.
Sinopec's Jinling Petrochemical was the...
Captains To Lead Australia’s New Antarctic Research Vessel Announced
According to an article published in The Maritime Executive, Captains to lead Australia's New Antarctic Research Vessel the RSV Nuyina are announced.
How different is...