Tag: Port of Fujairah

With the COVID-19 pandemic constantly evolving, Jebel Ali, Fujairah and Dubai published their PCR test requirements.

Data collected by the marine and energy consultancy BLUE Insight indicated that a significant number of bunker fuel deliveries made in the major marine fuel hubs of Rotterdam and Fujairah are being made below a financial breakeven point; indicating that fuel buyers are not receiving the volume of bunkers they are paying for.

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in India, Fujairah has become the latest port to ban crew changes from ships arriving from the country, with effect from 26 April.  

Uniper Energy and Neutral Fuels will collaborate to provide maritime biofuel in Fujairah, UAE. The two companies will blend UED’s VLSFO and Neutral Fuels biofuel, creating a maritime fuel that meets the International Maritime Organization (IMO) standard under their ISO8217:2010 RMG380 specification.

Three Indian Coast Guard ships are escorting the damaged crude tanker MT New Diamond, while it is being towed off from the Sri Lankan Coast to the Fujairah Port.

Ship fuelling activity in Fujairah declined in May, as falling demand was made worse by slowing global trade because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skuld Club informed about an advice by Lloyd's Register, warning about a number of fuel oil samples from deliveries in Fujairah which have been found to have an elevated Total Acid Number (TAN). The tested TAN values were all significantly over the average for the port

The first IMO 2020 compliant bunker load of low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) was delivered by oil trader and bunker provider GP Global at Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates. The 6,000-tonne bunker barge was delivered at the port of Fujairah and is expected to serve this as well as other ports nearby, further helping the UAE to meet the IMO regulation.

Reuters reports that the recent attacks around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman have increased insurance costs resulting to the decrease of purchases of marine fuels in the UAE Fujairah oil hub, as shippers are trying to mitigate their time in the Middle East.