Houston bunker fuel contamination hits more ships
Leading fuel testing services provider VPS reports that the bunker fuel contamination issue in Houston that it identified in July has spread. At that time, VPS informed its customers and the wider
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DNV joins Singapore methanol bunkering initiative
As Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering port, prepares for a multi-fuel future, DNV has joined a working group on methanol bunkering, managed by the Standards Development Organization at the Singapore Chemical Industry
Green shipping corridor plans move forward
Two developments today give hope that green shipping corridors are starting to move closer to reality. The long in the works plan for a green corridor linking California’s San Pedro Bay ports
VIDEO: Singapore’s first all-electric ferry launches
Singapore’s Penguin Shipyard this week launched Penguin Refresh, the first of three all-electric ferries being built for parent Penguin International’s Electric Dream project. Under a contract with Shell Singapore signed in 2021,
V-Bunkers unveils Singapore’s first electric-hybrid bunker tanker
Vitol’s Singapore bunkering company, V-Bunkers, is to take delivery of its first electric-hybrid bunker tanker, Marine Charge. Classed by Bureau Veritas (BV), the vessel features advanced energy storage and charging technologies that
All-electric cargo vessel will be powered by swappable batteries
The first all-electric cargo vessel to operate in the Port of Singapore, the Hydramover, will use Shift Clean Energy’s PwrSwäp battery-swapping technology. The keel for the vessel was laid in Singapore yesterday
Strategic Marine acquires larger Singapore shipyard
Singapore based Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd. has completed the acquisition of a significantly larger shipbuilding facility. In a move that it says will significantly boost its shipbuilding capacity and product range,
Singapore brings bribery charges against bunker trader and bunker fuel supplier
The Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau reports that yesterday two men were charged in court for allegedly obtaining and giving gratifications in relation to the trading and supplying of bunker fuel. The
ExxonMobil identifies cost-saver for high-speed engine operators
ExxonMobil data indicates that many operators of vessels with high-speed engine vessels are not managing their engine’s lubrication as efficiently as they could. Up to 75% of them change their engine oil
Innovative hull air bubbler system gains BV approval
Bureau Veritas has awarded Singapore-based GILLS Pte Ltd. its Approval in Principle (AiP) for a hull air lubrication system that requires no energy-consuming compressors to generate air bubbles. The GILLS (gas injected