Spanish multinational oil and gas company Cepsa has introduced the first multi-product bunkering vessel in southern Europe.
The mass flowmeter (MFM) equipped Oizmendi is based at the Port of Huelva, Spain and is able to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG), in addition to traditional bunker fuels such as fuel oil and marine diesel.
The vessel has a storage capacity of 600 cubic metre (m3) for LNG, 1,900 metric tonnes (mt) for fuel oil and 470 mt for marine diesel.
The development is part of the CORE LNGas Hive project, launched by the European Commission to promote the use of gas as a fuel for transport contributing to the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Atlantic and Mediterranean European maritime corridors.
“The new supply vessel provides great flexibility to meet the needs of our customers, as we can provide traditional marine fuels alongside more innovative fuels in the same vessel, such as liquefied natural gas, covering the entire value chain and providing the energy that each client requires,” says Alberto Martinez-Lacaci, marine fuel director at Cepsa.
The company claims it sells more than 11,000 mt of marine fuel annually, representing a market share of over 50% in Spain.
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Published: 23 March, 2018
The 100-day conversion will take place at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque in the second half of 2018.
LNG is already available "in all major ports", and a widespread use as a marine fuel only requires "those last mile investments" to make it available for operations, it said.
The Werkendam was launched in Rotterdam on Thursday is scheduled to start operations in April.
‘If 2018 was the tipping point for LNG as a marine fuel, 2019 will be the year of acceleration,’ says Chairman.
To enable pathways with future solutions such as Ammonia or Methanol as well as the application of onboard Carbon Capture and Storage on variety of vessels.
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., NYK Line, ITOCHU ENEX CO., LTD., and SAIBU GAS CO., LTD. have established KEYS Bunkering West Japan in February.
Program introduces periodic assessments, mass flow metering data analysis, and regular training for relevant key personnel to better handle the MFMS to ensure a high level of continuous operational competency.
U.S. Claims Register Summary recorded a total USD 833 million claim from a total 180 creditors against O.W. Bunker USA, according to the creditor list seen by Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times.
Glencore purchased fuel through Straits Pinnacle which contracted supply from Unicious Energy. Contaminated HSFO was loaded at Khor Fakkan port and shipped to a FSU in Tanjong Pelepas, Malaysia to be further blended.
Individuals were employees of surveying companies engaged by Shell to inspect the volume of oil loaded onto the vessels which Shell supplied oil to; they allegedly accepted bribes totalling at least USD 213,000.
MPA preliminary investigations revealed that the affected marine fuel was supplied by Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd who later sold part of the same cargo to PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
‘MPA had immediately contacted the relevant bunker suppliers to take necessary steps to ensure that the relevant batch of fuel was no longer supplied. Further investigations are currently on-going,’ it informs.
