Idemitsu Plans To Start Supplying IMO-Compliant Bunker Fuel in October
Idemitsu is planning to increase residual cracking capacity at Chiba and the company plans to continue 1% sulfur A-fuel oil supply.
Idemitsu Kosan has also said it has been considering ways to cut...
Cruise Ship Collides With World War II Destroyer Floating Museum
According to an article published in Military and IBTimes, guests on a sightseeing tour got to see what happens when a cruise ship collides with another boat.
What happened?
A ship operated by Dutch Apple Cruises...
Voyage Simulation Influences Ship Propulsion Design
The standard procedure for optimizing propulsion power is to evaluate the hull performance using reference data from previous designs.
Also, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to optimize the hull form and validate...
Venezuela Can’t Find Vessels To Ship Oil As Sanctions Bite
At least one oil cargo was deferred to October on lack of ship and oil exports may fall in September as shipowners retreat.
Shipowners are avoiding transporting Venezuelan oil for fear of being...
IBIA – Platts Tie Up To Steer the Shipping Industry Through IMO 2020
According to an article published in PR Newswire, the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, have...
How ECA Can Help Ship Emission Deaths in China’s Pearl River Delta?
According to a Phys.org article, ship emissions caused more than 1,200 ozone-related and 2,500 particulate-related premature deaths in the Pearl River Delta region in 2015, says a new research in the AGU journal GeoHealth.
Coastal...
Next Generation Scrubbers That Can Reduce Costs and Help Small Companies
According to a Riviera Maritime Media report, the Norwegian technology company Clean Marine aims to cut shipowners’ investment, installation costs and scrubber operating expenditure with its next-generation marine exhaust gas scrubber.
How will it be...
Oil Facility Attack ! Crude Price Surge
Oil prices surged on Monday, with Brent crude jumping 19% to $71.95 a barrel, after attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on Saturday, reports BBC.
Four months high
Oil prices hit their highest in four months...
KC LNG Y-piece Technology Sets New LNG Bunkering World Record
According to an article published in Gas World, the LNG division of Kosan Crisplant a/s, KC LNG, has announced a world record for its relatively new Y-piece technology for LNG bunkering.
What is KC LNG’s...
Fire Breaks Out on Moored Tanker at Norway’s Sture Oil Terminal
Fire breaks out on oil tanker during loading at Equinor's Sture oil export terminal on Norway's west coast, reports ETEnergyWorld.com
What happened?
A fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker during loading...