Tag: bunkering

Speaking recently during a webinar organised by trade association management company Maritime AMC, Sacha Cornell, Fleet Manager, Norbulk Shipping, revealed that using low sulphur fuel can add as much as US$20,000 to the operational expenditure for each ship per annum.

Ships passing the Danish straits in the Skaw and Gothenburg areas will soon be able to be offered biofuel delivery, Denmark-based fuel company Bunker Holding announced. The move comes amid growing interest in biofuels as a sustainable energy source across shipping. 

AMSA issued a marine notice to provide information to ship owners and operators on the application of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (‘the Bunkers Convention’) in Australia.

A new bunker organization was launched on 28 April, in order to promote collaboration between physical bunker suppliers, and help them access resources to improve professionalism in the industry.

The United Arab Emirates has acceded the International Convention On Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001.

Skuld Club issued an advisory in an effort to prevent the damage of the main engine, auxiliary engine and boiler plant caused by fuel oil contaminated by chemicals such as cleaning solvents.

As part of its maritime innovation and digitalization series, MPA Singapore shared a video explaining how a web-based software simplifies and optimizes the bunkering process. 

On 23rd March 2021, Port of Antwerp, Fluxys and Titan LNG christened a new LNG bunker vessel named as "FlexFueler 002 ". Owned by gas infrastructure group Fluxys and the leading LNG supplier Titan LNG,  the bunker barge ensures that ships can refuel with LNG anywhere in the port.

On 24th March, 2021, Asia marked its first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, undertaken by CMA CGM and FueLNG at the Port of Singapore.

Minerva Bunkering launched a new carbon offsetting offering, which enables customers to mitigate carbon emissions associated with the bunker fuel they consume.