Hybrid tugboats are a perfect vessel for green ports, as they perform as well as diesel-powered equivalents while drastically reducing emissions, it states.
The country has three terminals and up to six ports in the Malacca Straits that are able to offer VLSFO, says ministry spokesman.
SFP will be retrofitting VPT’s existing bunker vessel with its Full Electric Ready (FER) system and seeks to commission the vessel in the second quarter of...
Mining firm received the ‘Wind Propulsion Innovation Award’ presented by the International Windship Association in Glasgow, Scotland, at a COP 26 side event.
Meeting is scheduled on Monday-Friday (22-26 November) at 11:00 up to 14:00 GMT daily; meeting will be opened by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim.
“Emerging Battery Technologies in the Maritime Industry” covers various technologies related to maritime applications; battery tech includes Metal-Air, Redox Flow and more.
Retrofit conversion will initially enable operation with currently available LNG fuel, most importantly with negligible methane slip from the engine.
VLSFO is tight amid a refinery turnaround in Scandinavia, while availability has improved with alternative resupply sources in the Gibraltar Strait.
By definition, things can change, but the sentiment today is one of weakening bunker prices in the near term, observes Steve Christy of Integr8 Fuels.
Monjasa fleet comprises of 25 tankers and barges deployed across West Africa, UAE, Northwest Europe, Houston and the Panama Canal.
