Tag: MGO

During his presentation at the last GREEN4SEA Conference, Mr. Stylianos Mavrelos, Technical Director, Capital Ship Management, addressed different compliance options and ULSFO availability. As postponement of the Sulphur cup regulation seems unlikely, due to a number constraints presented, it is expected that the majority of the vessels will continue burning ULSFO and or MGO.

During its layovers in Manzanillo, Callao, Iquique and Puerto Angamos, between 11 and 24 March, the 7,114 TEU boxship 'Santa Catarina' voluntarily used MGO to operate its auxiliary engines and boilers, instead of standard HFO, to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions in ports. In these ports, switching fuel is not mandatory.

Scrubbers will only play a minor role by the implementation date of the IMO 0.5% sulphur cap, in 1 January 2020. With this view in mind, there will be a significant demand shift across the barrel in less than two years’ time and fuel oil trade will be fundamentally affected, Gibson said in its weekly report.

The introduction of mandatory use of mass flow metering systems in Singapore that came into effect from 1 January 2017 has had a profound impact a positive impact on bunkering volumes with Singapore on track to break its 2017 record of 48.6 million tonnes in 2017, IBIA informed.

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has secured a contract from Rouen-based GIE Dragages-Ports to realize conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel, combining LNG and MGO, the first conversion of its kind to take place in Europe. The conversion is part of an EU initiative to promote LNG in short-sea vessels operating in European Atlantic coast.

The challenges and opportunities posed by alternative fuels were discussed at Interferry’s 42nd annual conference in Split, where Mediterranean ferry operators voiced their concerns on meeting the 0.5% sulphur emissions cap due in 2020.

NorSea Group UK announced the completion of a new Marine Gas Oil fueling facility at Peterhead Port, UK, making possible for supply vessels to be fueled directly at the quay. This marks completion of Phase 1 of the company's investment plan at the port.

According to Singapore's Police Coast Guard, a total of 13 men were arrested for illegal sale of Marine Gas Oil in two separate cases, on 30 July and 1 August 2017. Eight crew members were arrested for selling twenty metric tonnes of MGO and another five men were suspected to have illegally sold three metric tonnes of MGO.

At a seminar held by Kaiji Press, in Tokyo, Japan Engine Corporation announced that it leads developing and manufacturing MGO mono-fuel engine, that meets all the requirement against regulations of NOx, SOx, EEDI, super low fuel consumption, extended maintenance interval and improved reliability.

The IMO decision on 2020 marine fuel sulphur requirements is a call to action for the industry. For shipping operators, decisions need to be made whether to plan to purchase marine fuel with 0.5% sulphur content or to invest in exhaust gas cleaning systems, that would enable continued use of fuels with a higher sulphur content, says Justin Longhurst, marine fuels manager at BP.