Marine Log (ML): Can you begin by describing what sustainability means to Foreship, both broadly and in the context of the maritime industry? Jan-Erik Räsänen (JER): There is a direct correlation between
A bulk carrier operated by Stamford, Conn.-headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLE) has successfully completed a voyage bunkered on biofuel. The ship, the 63,529 DWT Sydney Eagle was bunkered with advanced
Legacy cylinder oils may not protect ship engines from the variable fuel characteristics of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), according to Wickliffe, Ohio, headquartered global additive supplier Lubrizol Corp. In a
With the IMO 2020 marine fuel sulfur cap less than nine months away, ship management giant V.Group is urging shipowners and operators to take a proactive approach to 2020 compliance. “While there
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
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.
Another horrible new acronym has surfaced at the International Maritime Organization: FONAR. It stands for Fuel Oil Non-Availability Reports. And already, shipowner are being warned not to use a FONAR as a
Discharges of waste water from open loop exhaust gas scrubbers seem ever more likely to face restrictions. The latest move towards tighter controls comes the European Commission in the form of a
FEBRUARY 7, 2019 — VeriFuel, part of Bureau Veritas, is urging the marine bunker sector, upstream supply chain, and fuel testing organizations, to embrace a new culture in preparation for 2020 and
JANUARY 3, 2019 — S&P Global Platts has launched daily cargo and barge price assessments for “Marine Fuel 0.5%” reflecting the residual marine fuels with a maximum sulfur limit of 0.5% at
