VLGC pair will be built by Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction and scheduled for delivery in Q3 2020.
The ban for carriage of high-sulphur fuels, if approved, will be adopted in October and come into force in March 2020.
The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill can generate over $3 billion of business from bunkering if passed into law, says forecast.
The Sarvin released waste fuel off the coast of Kaohsiung, leaving behind a 60 km long trail of pollution in October.
A FOBAS report identified 62 instances of off-spec bunker fuel cases between 15 to 28 February 2018.
‘In reality, the chances of postponing the Sulphur Cap 2020, are very, very small,’ explains Executive Director.
‘Our members in Japan are doing important work, both in the region and across the world,’ says SEALNG chairman.
Company to supply fuel oil and marine diesel from Port Manatee through two dual capacity tug and barge units.
‘We do not think that sulphur scrubbers are an effective solution either technically or environmentally,’ says Chairman.
Ye Jianming, who founded the company in 2002, is under questioning by authorities for alleged economic crimes.
