MOL Looks at Synthetic Methanol as An Alternative To Fossil Fuel

Synthetic methane, or methanation fuel, is generated by methanation technology that combines CO2 with renewable energy-derived hydrogen. The CCR Study Group works on...

MOL Maintains Profit Forecast Despite Q1 Negative

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) remained in the black in the first quarter ended 30 June 2019 with a $113.8m and has maintained its full...

How Ship Recycling is Helping the Planet?

According to a Lloyd's Register article, doing away with the dangerous hazardous process of ship dismantling and recycling ships offers a viable solution Here we...

CRU’s Insight on IMO 2020 Sulphur Supply Impact

According to a PR Newswire report, CRU thinks that the decision to implement more stringent sulphur limits for marine fuel will require a significant...

Ships and Refiners IMO 2020 Ready, Says Japan

  According to a Seatrade Maritime News article, Japan has updated that the country’s first trial of using IMO-compliant bunker fuel on coastal vessels has...

[Watch] IMO Empowers Women Through It’s Gender Program

The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program, says an article published in their website. Turning the tide A film...

Galp’s IMO Refining Margins To Expand

Galp expects its refining margins to improve in the second half of this year with increased demand for marine fuels supporting crack spreads...

Marpol Loopholes Making Compliance Jittery?

Indonesia’s plans to ignore the sulphur cap for its national-flag vessels on domestic routes, though ratified with Annex VI, the biggest difficulty regulators...

Drunken Captain Puts the Ship Aground in the Port of Riga

An online newspaper 24-my.info reports an incident where drunken captain of Barbados put the ship aground in the port of Riga. Ship put aground by...

South America’s New Panama Canal To Pass Through ‘Green Hell’

Paraguay to develop its remote Chaco region into transport hub. Public works tenders for $1.2 bln could tap capital markets. Paraguay plans to turn...