Shanghai is planning to replace up to 36 waste disposal containerships that currently consume traditional bunker fuel with liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered versions.
The first of such vessels, which ferry domestic waste to disposal facilities along the Huangpu River, was put into service on 4 January, according to local media.
The 55.6-meter-long vessel was built by Shanghai SMI Environmental Industry and has a carrying capacity of 30 twenty-feet equivalent units (TEUs) or 600 metric tonnes (mt).
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Publication date: 9 January, 2018
Bunkering operation was for Älvtank’s product tanker Ramelia and was conducted at the port of Brunsbüttel at the river Elbe under the LNG supply agreement.
The 1,380 TEU Containerships Arctic will receive 200 mt of LNG via ship-to-ship bunkering at Rotterdam.
Initiative is led by the People's Government of Guangdong Province and implemented by China Shipbuilding Group with CNOOC, according to CSSC statement.
18,000 cbm LNG bunkering vessel built for Korea Line at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard; contract includes option for second vessel.
Shipping depends on fossil fuels, and the majority of ships globally are powered by hydrocarbon based fuel oils, with some variation in grade and specification.
Toho Gas, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Niyac Corporation, MOL Marine Co., Nihon-Tug-Boat Co. involved in operation.
‘The JMs have failed to discharge their duties by blindly helping the Banks mount a false case against the Defendant,’ wrote defence lawyers representing former IPP Director Dr Goh Jian Hian in court statement.
Lead prosecutor Andreas Myllerup Laursen aims for a fine and a prison sentence in the so-called Syria case scheduled to commence in Odense, Denmark on 26 October, writes the Danish publication.
In a modern re-telling of the story of David versus Goliath, local bunker barge owners/charterers successfully resisted claims brought in the Singapore courts by Phillips 66 for misdelivery of bunkers.
Bunker barge owners and operators; traders and suppliers; banks, including players in other countries, will have to re-examine respective operations, advises Helmsman Associate Director Jonathan Tan.
Vopak BL was a non-essential document with no contractual force and had no effect as a contract of carriage or as a document of title, states written Judgement issued by Singapore Court of Appeal.
Dwivedi Vivek Kumar ended his tenure as Global Head – Bitumen & Shipping & Regional Head – APAC at GP Global APAC on 10 November 2020 due to internal structuring of the GP Global Group.
