Container shipping industry to likely face a ‘gloomy outlook’ if consumer behaviour unchanged, says BIMCO.
The three-year supply contract with Oman Shipping Company comes with a two-year option for extension.
M/V Mineral Ningbo received 1,195 mt of fuel from Chimbusco Marine Bunker at Caofeidian on September 2018.
Contract oversees the supply of LNG marine fuel to four crude shuttle tankers at the port of Rotterdam.
‘In response to demand from our customers for Marine Fuel 0.5% specific derivative contracts,’ says spokesman.
Firm builds a jettyless loading system to transfer LNG at facilities where traditional solutions may be difficult.
Measures likely to include EEDI, SEEMP and information gathering under fuel-oil data collection scheme.
Bulker was loading bauxite at Lavagu Bay, Rennell Island when rough seas pushed it aground on 4 February.
Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meets this week from 18 to 22 February.
‘2019 will be crucial for the implementation of the reduced upper limit of the sulphur content in ships’ fuel-oil.’
