Japan’s Busiest Port Registers Declined ‘In and Out’ Freight Volumes
Freight volumes in and out of Japan’s busiest port, the Port of Tokyo, have declined in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018, new comprehensive data shows,...
Sovcomflot Inks Financing and Time-charter Agreements for Arctic LNG 2 Project
SCF Group has announced that it has signed agreements for icebreaking LNG carriers, reports LNG Industry.
What is in the agreement?
SCF Group has signed an agreement with VEB.RF Group, a Russian financial institution, for lease...
Singapore Plans Incentives To Achieve Reduced Carbon Emission
According to The Medi Telegraph report, Singapore is pushing the shipping industry to use cleaner fuels such as liquefied natural gas.
Introduction of incentives
The Maritime and Port Authority’s (MPA) chief said in a bid to...
Scrubber Orders Swell Yet Alternative Fuels Seems Preferred
Scrubber orders till date this year have dwarfed all previous years combined, according to data on DNV GL’s online Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) database, writes Paul Gunton for an article in ShipInsight.
Scrubber installations
With the...
Preparing Fuel Tanks for VLSFO
Viswa Lab, in its recent technical update answers the question as how to prepare the tanks which contained high sulfur fuel so that they can receive VLSFO fuels with 0.50 % wt sulfur.
Sulfur content...
ECSA Gives Green Signal for Zero-emission Shipping Partnership
According to an article published in Safety4Sea, ECSA recently announced that it supports the European Commission's and Member States' plan to launch a joint partnership towards a zero-emission waterborne transport in the framework of...
Weekly Maritime Security Report – Week 38, 2019
Protection Vessels International has released the 38th Weekly Maritime Security Report of 2019. The report summarized on 6th November 2019 highlights the various incidents that took place in the past week.
Benin: Pirates kidnap nine...
[FAQ] Pros and Cons of Using Methanol and Hydrogen As Marine Fuels
According to an article published in Riviera Maritime Media, Anglo Belgian Corporation has tested renewable fuels methanol and hydrogen on a single-cylinder bench engine with varying success.
Reduction of greenhouse gasses
Both fuels have similar benefits...
MR Tankers Focuses on Transaltantic Route To Boost Trade
This higher demand may prolong the gains in earnings for medium-range tankers plying transatlantic trades, which have nearly doubled since early October.
European shipments to the U.S heading for the Atlantic coast accounted...
Grain LNG: Buyers Put Forth With Flexible LNG Storage Purchasing
In a newly launched ‘open season’ process, the UK’s National Grid is seeking feedback from customers interested in buying LNG storage capacity from 2025 at Europe’s largest LNG import terminal, reports Riviera Maritime Media.
LNG...