Steve Bee, a director at VPS, reviews what has changed in terms of marine fuel mix and fuel quality, across the region between 1 November 2024...
LBM now $213-375/mt cheaper than B100; B100’s discount to VLSFO widens in Rotterdam; Singapore’s VLSFO-B100 spread at $471/mt.
GCMD and Singapore-based EPS implemented a Wind Assisted Propulsion Systems performance monitoring method to measure suction sails' performance on tanker “Pacific Sentinel”.
Both will evaluate and pursue technical, commercial, and market-based initiatives that support design-to-deployment of LNG bunkering vessels tailored for US regulatory and operational requirements.
From the first trial of 10% ethanol / 90% e-methanol blend in October and November, Maersk will now blend 50% ethanol with 50% methanol in a...
Use of HSFO with an Open-Loop Exhaust Gas Cleaning System at 0.5% or 0.1% sulphur mode setting is prohibited until further notice for the ships entering...
Despite methanol-fuelled engines and technical systems reaching high readiness levels, the report notes that cost and availability remain significant barriers, as is the case for many...
National Centre for Atmospheric Science study found that the average sulphur content in ship fuel dropped nearly tenfold in open ocean areas following IMO’s 2020 regulation.
Chimbusco, in collaboration with Shenzhen Port, successfully bunkered dual-fuel container vessel “COSCO Shipping Carnation” with domestically produced green methanol fuel at Yantian Port.
It is the first domestically developed rotor sail system in China to achieve this recognition under DNV’s WAPS rules (ST-0511), marking a major milestone for the...
