The UAE lifted all Covid-19 restrictions and precautionary measures related to all activities in the maritime industry effective from 16 November.
17 November 2022
The UAE Federal Maritime Administration informed all ports, shipowners and agents that previous circulars, introduced during the pandemic, have been lifted and that maritime business activity has returned to normal.
The UAE has been gradually easing travel and business restrictions introduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020.
But despite the gradual relaxation of restrictions over the past 24 months, bunker sales in the UAE’s port of Fujairah — the world’s third-largest bunkering centre, have yet to recover the pre-pandemic levels of around 700,000 t/month with around 600,000 t/month currently.
By Elshan Aliyev
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Published: 18 November, 2022
The country has three terminals and up to six ports in the Malacca Straits that are able to offer VLSFO, says ministry spokesman.
Singaporean seafarers who are unable to secure shipboard employment between 1 May 2020 and 31 December 2020 are eligible for the SRP, said the MPA.
Inter-relationships of VLSFO with high priced transport fuels is driving prices of the material up, especially in Singapore, according to the report.
Shum Siu Hung and Pang Yick Him ceased to act as the authorised company representatives; Roderick John Sutton and Kenneth Fung were appointed for the roles.
Bureau Veritas said it is committed to sharing its knowledge, expertise, and experience to conduct impact assessment studies to identify fuel consumption trends amongst others.
Sponsoring companies benefit by showing clients that they see the value of training and development of their staff on international bunkering regulations.
‘Bunker barges operate in very local areas so these vessels call at port very often which means it will be a good fit for women with families,’ states Elpi Petraki, President of WISTA International.
“Our Singapore branch is under preparation and is expected to start business at the republic before June 2023,” Managing Director Darcy Wong tells bunkering publication Manifold Times in an interview.
Development to supply B35 biodiesel blend officially takes effect on 1 February; local bunker suppliers will be able to deliver updated spec within March onwards, once current stocks of B30 avails run out.
VPS, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Wilhelmsen Ship Management, and INTERTANKO executives offered a multitude of perspectives to 73 attendees during the VPS Biofuels Seminar, reports Manifold Times.
Headway will launch a new fuel supply system suitable for alternative bunker fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia; to focus on procurement and construction of carbon capture systems in 2023 following R&D.
Competition for FAME from aviation and road transportation sectors have resulted in some shipowners resorting to adopt more readily available CNSL blends as biofuel for vessels, explains Steve Bee.
