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Yang Ming Ups Bunker Saving Efforts
Yang Ming Ups Bunker Saving Efforts
Yang Ming will use DNV GL's ECO Insight performance management onshore, with Navigator Insight voyage reporting onboard its vessels.
7 Sep 2017
Wärtsilä to Provide Cargo Handling System to LNG Bunker Barge
Wärtsilä to Provide Cargo Handling System to LNG Bunker Barge
The 3,000 cbm vessel is set to be chartered by Shell Western LNG for operations out of Rotterdam.
7 Sep 2017
Gazprom and Mitsui Pen Agreement to Cooperate on LNG Bunkering
Gazprom and Mitsui Pen Agreement to Cooperate on LNG Bunkering
The agreement was signed today at a working meeting, which addressed ongoing and future cooperation between the companies.
7 Sep 2017
Oil Hits 4-Week High But Kuwait Among Those Seeing Prices Stuck at $50-$55/bbl
Oil Hits 4-Week High But Kuwait Among Those Seeing Prices Stuck at $50-$55/bbl
Resumption of Libyan output also supports a range bound forecast.
7 Sep 2017
LNG Uptake to Remain Slow in Decade Following 2020 Sulfur Cap Implementation: Cockett
LNG Uptake to Remain Slow in Decade Following 2020 Sulfur Cap Implementation: Cockett
But the Group remains in "direct engagement" with various initiatives on LNG bunkering practices, Cockett CEO Cem Saral tells Ship & Bunker.
7 Sep 2017
ICS Calls For Industry Cooperation on $100 Billion BWM Bill
ICS Calls For Industry Cooperation on $100 Billion BWM Bill
"We therefore have to get this right," says Esben Poulsson, Chairman of ICS.
6 Sep 2017
Bunker Saving Autonomous Vessels Another Step Closer after Wärtsilä Demonstrates Remote Controlled Vessel Operation from 8,000 Km Away
Bunker Saving Autonomous Vessels Another Step Closer after Wärtsilä Demonstrates Remote Controlled Vessel Operation from 8,000 Km Away
"Although the test vessel was in the North Sea, the remote control navigating was carried out from the Wärtsilä office located in San Diego, California," says Wärtsilä.
6 Sep 2017
Genoil Signs Tri-Partite Deal with Russian institutions to Develop Low-Cost Desulfurization Project for 2020 Bunker Regs
Genoil Signs Tri-Partite Deal with Russian institutions to Develop Low-Cost Desulfurization Project for 2020 Bunker Regs
"This is an exciting partnership and represents yet another significant step forward for Genoil's innovative technology," says Bruce Abbott, COO, Genoil.
6 Sep 2017
Carnival Corporation Marks Keel-Laying of First Fully LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
Carnival Corporation Marks Keel-Laying of First Fully LNG-Powered Cruise Ship
The keel-laying ceremony marked the official beginning of construction for the first of Carnival's seven next-generation LNG-powered cruise ships.
6 Sep 2017
KONGSBERG Seals New Partnership to Develop Zero-Emission, Full-Electric Ferry Concepts
KONGSBERG Seals New Partnership to Develop Zero-Emission, Full-Electric Ferry Concepts
The PILOT-E Autonomous Ferry concept is set to develop of a state-of-the-art ferry as an integrated, zero emission part of a national transportation plan.
6 Sep 2017
Lloyd's Register GMT Highlights the Importance of Calibration Tables for Accurate Bunker Deliveries
Lloyd's Register GMT Highlights the Importance of Calibration Tables for Accurate Bunker Deliveries
"Without a set of clear, complete and accurate set of tables, a surveyor is unable to fully insure that the vessel has received and the barge has delivered the correct quantities," Operations Co-ordinator Chris Bieda tells Ship & Bunker.
6 Sep 2017
Bomin Group Launch New Brand Identity
Bomin Group Launch New Brand Identity
"The launch of our new brand identity is a visual statement of Bomin's commitment to evolving in line with the shipping industry," says Thomas Roller, Managing Director, Bomin Group.
6 Sep 2017
"Dodgy" Climate Data No Reason to Slow Efforts to Reduce Ship Emissions: T&E
"Dodgy" Climate Data No Reason to Slow Efforts to Reduce Ship Emissions: T&E
"The later the start date of global measures, the steeper the trajectory of the efforts will have to be," Shipping Policy Officer Faig Abbasov tells Ship & Bunker.
6 Sep 2017
Crude Prices Recover Tuesday
Crude Prices Recover Tuesday
Bunker prices were firmer in the primary ports.
5 Sep 2017
Inmarsat Pens MoU with SHI to Boost Vessel Efficiency Using Fleet Xpress
Inmarsat Pens MoU with SHI to Boost Vessel Efficiency Using Fleet Xpress
The new service will enable vessel owners to enhance efficiency by harvesting data from hull-monitors and equipment sensors onboard in real-time.
5 Sep 2017
ABB to Provide Bunker-Saving Power and Propulsion Package Ritz-Carlton Luxury Vessel
ABB to Provide Bunker-Saving Power and Propulsion Package Ritz-Carlton Luxury Vessel
ABB Azipod units and medium voltage power plant are set to be installed on the vessel with sensors to produce data that can be tracked from shore.
5 Sep 2017
Oldendorff Revives Order for Two Bunker-Saving Newbuilds
Oldendorff Revives Order for Two Bunker-Saving Newbuilds
The new vessels feature Wärtsilä WinGD main engines, MAN-B&W auxiliary engines, and "Mewis" fuel saving ducts.
5 Sep 2017
Cruise Lines' Environmental Performance "Lousy", Says NGO, Again
Cruise Lines' Environmental Performance "Lousy", Says NGO, Again
The Cruise Lines Industry Association, who has repeatedly gone on record as saying NABU's assessments lack scientific standards, say its members "are investing $1 billion in environmental technology."
5 Sep 2017
Group Regional FSP Lead Asia (Fixed Spot Price / Fixed Price Agreements) (Bunker Holding Group, Singapore)
Group Regional FSP Lead Asia (Fixed Spot Price / Fixed Price Agreements) (Bunker Holding Group, Singapore)
Salling Search has been appointed by Bunker Holding Group to search for a new Group Regional FSP Lead Asia to be based in their Singapore office.
5 Sep 2017
Thun Tankers Exercise Option for Fifth Bunker-Saving Newbuild
Thun Tankers Exercise Option for Fifth Bunker-Saving Newbuild
Thun Tankers has exercised the option for a fifth tanker to be added to the four previously contracted 17,500 DWT IMO II product/chemical tankers.
4 Sep 2017