In June, bunker fuel prices in Malaysia and Singapore weakened compared with domestic prices and incentivised distributors to make large purchases, reports JLC.
‘[...] The fuels exceeded the ISO 8217 specification limit of 0.10%m/m for TSP. The TSP values tested were in the range 0.17 % m/m – 0.38...
Waters along Permatang Timur, Beting Ramunia and Tompok Utara are considered Malaysian waters and any activity would require a permit from authorities, it said.
Japan Marine United Corporation and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai have entered a R&D agreement for the commercialisation of an ammonia-fuelled ammonia gas carrier.
Other partners in the agreement are Italian Classification Society RINA and China Classification Society; focus will be on hydrogen and ammonia as marine fuel.
Ocean Queen, was the first tanker transferred over to V.Group’s management team and the remaining vessels will follow in the coming weeks.
The SOLAS convention does not give any test margin for error rather a strict pass/fail so any result below 60°C even marginally is considered off-spec, said...
Post IMO 2020, VLSFO bunker supply has exceeded distillate fuel and has raised the stakes regarding associated costs of transaction of these marine fuels, said VPS.
Zhoushan Free Zone Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. was ranked amongst the last physical bunker suppliers at Zhoushan in 2018 and 2019; it recorded zero sales...
MPA has observed negligence of some common safety measures ‘have resulted in a few injuries and/or loss of lives, which could have been prevented’.
