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Sinopec Qingdao Petrochemical on Thursday (2 July) said it has now entered a stage where it can scale production of low sulphur marine fuel oil (LSFO); the company has also successfully produced a record 110,00 metric tonnes (mt) of the fuel in June.
This is the highest ever recorded output in a single month and the feat was in recognition of the Chinese Commmunist Party’s 100th Anniversary, it said.
The goal to produce 100,000 mt of low sulphur marine fuel oil was put forward in June and all departments worked together to ensure that the target would be met without compromising the quality of the fuel along the way.
Sinopec Qingdao added that last year it produced 420,000 mt of low sulphur marine fuel and will continually strive to contribute towards Sinopec’s development of the low sulphur marine fuel market.
Related: China: Sinopec Qingdao successfully exports 2,161 mt of low sulphur marine fuel
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Published: 3 July, 2020
‘We also support an introduction of mandatory MFM in the port on board of the bunker barges,’ says KVNR.
Production of fuel oil for the export market, especially bunker streams and LSFO, reached an average of 295 kbpd in Q1 2020, an 18.5% increase from 4Q 2019.
Wang Wei tendered his notice in accordance with a three-year service agreement, says company.
Oil terminal will consist of 11 storage tanks and with a total capacity of 74,400 m3 for maritime products.
‘If for some reason we need to burn more fuel oil [...] I would ask myself, “Why does Germany burn 38% coal?'" Morales said. ‘Because that is what they have.’
To supply 0.5% sulphur marine fuel initially at Cardiff from November onwards as part of a phased rollout.
The top three positive movers in the 2020 bunker supplier list are Hong Lam Fuels Pte Ltd (+13); Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd (+12); and SK Energy International (+8), according to MPA list.
‘We will operate in the Singapore bunkering market from the Tokyo, with support from local staff at Sumitomo Corporation Singapore,’ source tells Manifold Times.
Changes include abolishing advance declaration of bunkers as dangerous cargo, reducing pilotage fees on vessels receiving bunkers, and a ‘whitelist’ system for bunker tankers.
Claim relates to deliveries of MGO to the vessels Pacific Diligence, Pacific Valkyrie, Pacific Defiance, Crest Alpha 1, and Pacific Warlock between March 2020 to April 2020.
3,490 mt of LSFO from Itochu Enex was lifted at Universal Terminal; the same bunker stem was bought by Global Marine Logistics and delivered by bunker tanker Juma to receiving vessel Kirana Nawa.
Representatives of Veritas Petroleum Services, Maersk, INTERTANKO, ElbOil Singapore, and SDE International provide insight from their respective fields of expertise on what lies ahead.
