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All Products Now Meet ISO 8217:2017 Specs, Says ExxonMobil Marine Fuels

Updated standard includes revisions addressing curent industry trends

27 Nov 2017

Peninsula Gets Capital Boost from Banks

New players join syndicates adding to company's coffers.

27 Nov 2017

Successfully Benchmarking Your Bunker Buying

Every company adopts a different approach ranging from "I don't mind who you use as long as it's x under the market" to highly structured approaches, Paul Hardy writes for Ship & Bunker.

27 Nov 2017

Blueflow Fuel Monitoring System Installed Across Entire Viking Line Fleet

The system will enable Viking Line bring together large amounts of data into annual MRV reports for individual vessels.

24 Nov 2017

First Vessel Lengthening Completed in Finnlines' Fuel Efficiency Initiative

The first "Breeze series" RoRo vessel, MS Finntide, has now been lengthened by approximately 30 metres in order to boost fuel efficiency.

24 Nov 2017

Wärtsilä Smart Marine Ecosystem to Support Port-to-Port Fuel Efficiency

Wärtsilä says it intends to lead the transformation towards a Smart Marine Ecosystem through the use of high levels of connectivity and digitalisation.

24 Nov 2017

Frontline Sees Growing Pressure for Consolidation in Tanker Sector

Many owners have one or two vessels, says CEO

24 Nov 2017

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2017 Week 45

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from November 16 – November 22, 2017.

23 Nov 2017

Wärtsilä to Supply Engines and Scrubbers to Newbuild Cruise Vessel

Wärtsilä will supply two 6-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engines fitted with the Wärtsilä NOR exhaust gas cleaning system, and two 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20 engines.

23 Nov 2017

Scrubbers Make Economic Sense, New Research Finds

But few ship operators are showing much interest.

23 Nov 2017

Bunker One: A New Direction for Bunker Trading or a Natural Step Towards the Inevitable?

Industry veteran Steve Leonard and 2020 Marine Energy's Adrian Tolson give Ship & Bunker their views on the latest venture from Bunker Holding.

23 Nov 2017

Three Fuel Efficient Newbuilds to Feature Langh Tech Hybrid Scrubbers and EGR Water Treatment Systems

The three bunker-saving 2,150 TEU container vessels are being built for Eimskip and Royal Arctic Line.

22 Nov 2017

ECSA Welcomes Agreement on EU Emission Trading System

"We think it is the right decision that the EU will leave regulation of shipping's CO2 emissions to the IMO," said Martin Dorsman, ECSA's Secretary General.

22 Nov 2017

Iceland Ratifies Treaty for Prevention of Air Pollution From Ships

H.E. Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, Ambassador of Iceland to the UK, deposited the instruments of accession for MARPOL Annex VI today.

22 Nov 2017

Good Time to Hedge Bunker Fuel Costs in Run up to 2020, Says FIS

High/low sulfur spread widens as it moves towards 2020

22 Nov 2017

ICS: Shipping Must Be Economically Sustainable to Achieve Environmental Sustainability

The comments came in an address to government trade negotiators in the OECD Working Party on Shipbuilding.

21 Nov 2017

CalMac's LNG-Fuelled Newbuild Launched in Scotland

The launch is noted to come two months behind schedule.

21 Nov 2017

Carnival's Strang Looks to LNG Bunker Fuel, Cites CMA CGM Move on the Same

Says LNG has best emissions profite of any fossil fuel

21 Nov 2017

AISSOT Hails Historic Crude Oil Transportation from Iraq

AISSOT also says its new bunkering operations has now bunkered more than 50 vessels.

21 Nov 2017

LR Bunker Tips: Portable Electronic Thermometer (PET)

"A temperature discrepancy of just 1-2 deg C can cause a large discrepancy in the bunker delivery quantity," Chris Bieda, Service Delivery, Lloyd's Register GMT, writes for Ship & Bunker.

21 Nov 2017