The Port of Rotterdam Authority Wednesday provided an update on the current bunker spill situation.
The current situation on Wednesday, 27 June, 1.00 pm are as follows:
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Photo credit: Port of Rotterdam Authority
Published: 28 June 2018
IMO claims the new VLSFOs are blends with a high content of aromatics hydrocarbons and that this was the reason behind the BC emissions; Aderco thinks otherwise.
Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine are part of a maritime consortium that has received €24 million in government subsidy for research within the MENENS program.
Development supports ESN Limited Liability Company activities in the Amur Region of Russia, where it plans to produce methanol from natural gas.
Singapore-based firm was awarded the certificate for CARBON LENS system that analyses and records flow of emitted CO2 from each stack of a vessel quickly and accurately.
‘Governments can’t keep kicking the can down the road; every delay moves us further away from reaching pressing climate goals,’ adds Secretary General of ICS.
System is designed to offer a space saving solution for smaller LNG-fuelled vessels that have limited room onboard; supports decarbonisation goals of maritime industry.
‘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.
