EPCA ’19: Methanol Players Mull on Trump Trade Effect & IMO...
From Trump’s global trade troubles, to Greta Thunberg’s climate call to action, and regional economic woes, Europe’s methanol market - like many others in...
Oil Supertanker Surge To Continue To Fourth Quarter
According to a Business Times report, supertankers hauling oil on some of the world's longest trade routes had already been enjoying a massive windfall...
Q Power Partners With Wärtsilä for Renewable Fuel Project
In a major development, Wärtsilä and Q Power, a Finnish pioneer in biomethanisation, have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the development and commercialisation...
IBIA Director Advises on IMO2020 As HSFO-VLSFO Switch Gathers Pace
According to a Platts article, the bunker industry's transition from HSFO to very low sulfur fuel oil is showing good signs of progress as...
[Answer] How To Identify Scrubber Corrosion Issues & Challenges?
In the last scrubbers corrosion update we gave you insights on scrubbers material selection and how it can effect corrosion as given in the...
IMO2020 Bunkering Problems Addressed in BAF Transparent Indexing Mechanism
In a major development, Shipping analyst Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) have defined and published a simplified BAF indexing mechanism and bunker...
Crowley Fuels Inks Contract To Build Ice Class ATB
According to a MarineLink article, Crowley Fuels has signed construction contracts to build a 55,000-barrel articulated tug-barge (ATB) designed to serve the Western Alaska...
[Watch] How To Load Bunker on Ships?
The animation published in The American Club provides a summary of best practices that should be applied during the loading of bunker onboard ship.
Disclaimer:...
SHI, ABS Team Up To Develop Next-Gen LNG Carrier
According to a Ship Technology article, Maritime classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed...
IMO’s Three Pillar Action Plan To Achieve GHG Emission Reduction
According to an article published in ShipInsight, Sveinung Oftedal says, next month’s sixth meeting of IMO’s Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from...
Gibraltor and Suez Canal To Benefit from New IMO Rules
New fuel standards that will become effective in 2020, will favor the ports closer to the main maritime routes such as Suez and Gibraltar,...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 41, 2019
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 41st week of this year. The report dated 11th October 2019 provides a valuable insight...
MOL Signs Cooperation Agreement for LNG Transshipment Projects
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and NOVATEK have signed a Cooperation Agreement says a press release published on their website.
LNG Transshipment...
Oil Refiners in Dilemma as Surging Ship Costs Kill Margins
Oil refiners are facing disappointment as surging freight rates inflate the cost of buying crude.
Complex refining profits in Singapore tumbled to $2.91...
Hong Kong Fails To Make Itself LNG Ready as Singapore Surges...
Hong Kong’s failure to prepare the infrastructure for refueling container ships that run on eco-friendly LNG.
Hong Kong’s port is failing to ready...
Container Freight Rates Take a Fall Following the Golden Week
Spot container freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe are coming under intense pressure ahead of a weak outlook for the markets, following China’s...
London Protocol: IMO Gives a Nod To Carbon Sequestration
A new IMO resolution will allow projects for subsea CO2 sequestration to be shared across national boundaries, reports The Maritime Executive.
Carbon capture and storage
Parties...
North P&I Club Highlights the Hassles With Retrofits Onboard
Dispute warning as ballast water convention comes into force for existing vessels, reports Seatrade Maritime News.
Ballast Water Management Convention
The Ballast Water Management Convention came...
Perlin and SSA Builds Blockchain-Based Registration System
A blockchain-based ship registration preparation system for international adoption is in the works.
The system could reduce time, costs and the incidence of...
Maersk, Cargill, Mitsui Join Forces To Accelerate GHG Reduction Efforts
In a major development, Cargill, Maersk Tankers and Mitsui & Co. have established a strategic collaboration to accelerate the reduction of global greenhouse gases...
