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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Eleven vessels hit by Houston marine fuel contamination
Raising disconcerting memories of a string of incidents in 2018, leading fuel testing services provider VPS has identified a new marine fuel contamination issue in Houston. Eleven vessels using this fuel have
Scrubber fitting trends: What’s happening?
Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO has been crunching the numbers on the percentage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) more formally. “Scrubbers were
Safe Bulkers partners with Cargill on biofuel trial
Monaco-headquartered Safe Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SB) reports that a pilot biofuel trial carried out in partnership with Cargill has resulted in a significant reduction in CO2 emissions compared with operations on conventional
Optimizing combustion to reduce black carbon emissions in the Arctic
Reducing black carbon emissions is one of the few avenues by which shipping can have an immediate and tangible impact on climate change in the Arctic. FUELSAVE’s CEO and co-founder Marc Sima
Gulf Coast Fuel Supply partners with Fueltrax
Gulf Coast Fuel Supply, an offshore fuel supplier specializing in MGO and VLSFO deliveries at the Galveston, Sabine, S.W. Pass, and Corpus Christi lightering area in Texas, has partnered with Fueltrax to
CMA CGM orders 22 more ships
Marseille headquartered CMA CGM Group reports that it has signed an order with Chinese shipbuilder CSSC for 22 new ships. 6 LNG-powered containerships with a capacity of 13,000 TEUs; 6 LNG-powered containerships
Maersk plans to operate carbon-neutral liner vessel by 2023
A.P. Moller – Maersk today announced that it will launch of the world’s first carbon-neutral liner vessel in 2023 – seven years ahead of its initial 2030-ambition. All future Maersk owned newbuildings
IMO: Transition to low-sulfur fuels “extremely smooth”
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) reports that the reduction in the upper limit of the sulfur content of ships’ fuel oil to 0.5% (from 3.5%) that went into effect January 1, 2020,
Chevron helps customers keep sailing despite VLSFO engine challenges
Since the widespread switch to low-sulfur fuels, some ship owners using very low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) have reported build-up of red deposits on piston crowns and top edges, sometimes combined with red