South Africa approves scrubber use

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020) has welcomed a decision by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to accept all types of approved exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS), or scrubbers,

WinGD and ExxonMobil put their smarts together

Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) and ExxonMobil are collaborating to integrate WinGD’s Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) predictive maintenance technology and the Mobil Serv cylinder condition monitoring service. They say that this will enable

Aegean emerges from Chapter 11 as Minerva Bunkering

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a fully-owned subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group Limited and will now operate as Minerva Bunkering, a leading global physical supplier

Sixteen Stena Bulk tankers to get scrubbers

Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered tanker operator Stena Bulk is to install exhaust gas scrubbers on 16 ships before the January 2020 IMO sulfur cap deadline. In all, ten IMOIIMAX tankers, five Suezmaxes and

ExxonMobil to start sales of IMO 2020 fuels in third quarter

ExxonMobil is to start rolling out its range of IMO 2020 compliant fuels by the third quarter of this year. In October last year the company announced that ports in Antwerp, Rotterdam,

BP Marine to roll out IMO 2020 compliant VLSFO

BP Marine reports that it will begin to retail low sulfur fuel that meets new IMO regulations limiting the sulfur content of marine fuels. BP is introducing a new very low sulfur

Carnival releases scientific study of scrubber wash-water quality

As an increasing number of jurisdictions put restrictions on discharges from exhaust gas scrubbers, Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has released the results of an independent, two-year scientific scrubber

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Japan Marine United to build LNG bunkering tanker

A bunkering tanker just ordered at shipbuilder Japan Marine United will be the first in Asia able to supply both LNG and IMO 2020 compliant low sulfur fuel. The ship has been

White paper calls for transparency on IMO 2020 fuel surcharges

Seabury Maritime LLC is warning that ocean carriers must be transparent with shippers on how they calculate fuel surcharges. It says that ocean carriers and shippers alike are facing “an uncomfortable uncertainty”

IMO 2020 could cost box ship operators $10 billion this year

While 2018 was a turbulent year for the container shipping industry, it might have been “only a warm up for 2019” in the view of New York headquartered management consultancy AlixPartners LLP.

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