Reserve Stability Number results are ‘questionable’ as almost all additives targeting asphaltene management show effectiveness in the test, says spokesman.
‘There is a $2 billion bunker fuel market in Sub-Saharan Africa waiting to be harnessed by our business men and women,’ says NIMASA Director-General.
In 2020, Rosneft supplied about 1.6 million tons of bunker fuel to domestic and foreign shipowners in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation.
LNG is definitely one of the options but of course people are looking at all the options and wondering if they are betting on the right...
IBIA and others had already dispelled myths about VLSFO many times, but the same negative misconceptions keep coming up as false information, it said.
Most HSFO supplies are based on long-term contracts, as shipowners look to lock in supplies even after the bulk of the market switched to VLSFO, reports...
With wind and solar power, and harmful exhaust emissions reduced to effectively zero, there is finally a design solution for zero carbon shipping, said Professor Wilson.
‘Through 2020, just 55 cases of 0.50% compliant fuel being unavailable had been reported in IMO's Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS),’ it said.
VLSFO was rushed into the maritime industry to meet IMO2020 regulations and it has shown signs of exceeding set safety parameters, reports Forbes.
In general, the Port of Singapore’s performance stood resilient throughout 2020 with bunker sales amounting to 49.8 million tonnes at a 5% year-on-year increase.
