Tag: MGO

Sener announced that it has completed the conceptual design of a new model of sustainable tanker that can carry heavy fuel oil (HFO), very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), biofuels and marine gas oils (MGO), and can also store the captured CO2 from nearby vessels.

According to International news, Brazilian energy producer Petrobras has launched Ultra Low Sulfur Marine Gas Oil (ULSMGO) in the Port of Santos, since 1st March. 

NABU has released a study on methanol as a marine fuel. Green ammonia has been discussed alongside green hydrogen and methanol as the green future fuel for ships. The study "Ammonia as Marine Fuel – Risks and Perspectives" investigates environmental and climate questions.

The Singapore Police have arrested ten men, for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of Marine Gas Oil (MGO).

Singapore's Police Coast Guard (PCG) has arrested ten men aged between 32 and 49, for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of Marine Gas Oil (MGO).

Singapore’s Police Coast Guard (PCG) in a joint operation with the MPA Singapore arrested 11 men, ageing between 31 - 52, for their suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil (MGO) at sea off Northern Tuas.

SK Trading International has inked six-month contracts with shippers for the supply of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), beginning from the fourth quarter, according to a company official. VLSFO is considered as an economically attractive option for the shipping industry, in spite of expectations of higher demand for marine gasoil.

A man linked to a case involving 340,000 tonnes of stolen gas oil worth more than $200 million - the largest ever in Singapore - has been jailed for two and a half years. Dang Van Hanh has been jailed after pleading guilty to have received 5,600 metric tonnes of marine gasoil (MGO) stolen from Shell's Pulau Bukom refinery.

The bunkering of ships, which formerly was a relatively low skill and low value activity, has deployed into a highly focused shipboard operation, due to the continuously rising oil price in conjunction with the imperative need for high marine environmental protection.

During a joint operation on 19 February 2019, with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the PCG arrested six crew members of a craft belonging to a marine service provider and another five crew members of a foreign-registered tugboat for illegal transaction of MGO at the sea off Jurong Island. The 11 men will be charged for criminal breaches.