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.
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...
Ocean Queen, was the first tanker transferred over to V.Group’s management team and the remaining vessels will follow in the coming weeks.
Other partners in the agreement are Italian Classification Society RINA and China Classification Society; focus will be on hydrogen and ammonia as marine fuel.
Japan Marine United Corporation and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai have entered a R&D agreement for the commercialisation of an ammonia-fuelled ammonia gas carrier.
Under this scale-up initiative, EcoLabs and its partners will support each firm with SGD 100,000, in-kind contribution, investments and co-funding of projects.
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’.
The 13,000 dwt dual-fuel container ship is being built by Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co and will be classed by French company Bureau Veritas.
Vessels can receive LNG-bunkers simultaneously while loading or discharging, this eliminates shifting time and reduces expenses for LNG-powered vessels for their bunkering.
Approximately 460 mt of 1000mt of leaked fuel is estimated to have been manually recovered and 1,600 mt of VLSFO and about 200 mt of DO...
