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Powering the Pilbara – A Prospective Market for LNG

  • Woodside Petroleum said a 4mn t/yr LNG market could be created if all of iron ore producers switch their iron ore carriers to LNG. 
  • LNG-fuelled ships will deliver to many ports across northeast Asia but they will always come home to the Pilbara. 

Australian independent Woodside Petroleum said a LNG market could be created if all of iron ore producers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA) switch their iron ore carriers to LNG from bunker fuel, reports Argus Media. 

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http://mfame.guru/powering-the-pilbara-a-prospective-market-for-lng/

Οι κινήσεις των ναυλωτών ενόψει 2020

Μία από τις μεγαλύτερες μεταλλευτικές εταιρείες στον κόσμο, η αυστραλιανή BHP Billiton, αποδεικνύει την πράσινη κουλτούρα της, ιδιαίτερα σε μια εποχή όπου αυξάνονται οι φωνές για μείωση των επιβλαβών αέριων εκπομπών όχι μόνο από τις μεταφορές αλλά και από άλλους κλάδους παραγωγής.

Ειδικότερα ο αυστραλιανός κολοσσός, ανακοίνωσε την Παρασκευή 12 Ιουλίου ότι προκήρυξε τον πρώτο διαγωνισμό παγκοσμίως για την μεταφορά περίπου 27 εκατ. τόνων iron ore με πλοία που θα καταναλώνουν LNG.

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https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2019/07/19/oi-kiniseis-ton-navloton-enopsei-2020/

LNG-fuelled Transport Gets a Bulk Carrier Tender From Melbourne Based BHP

  • BHP floated a bulk carrier tender for LNG-fuelled transport for up to 27 million tonnes of its iron ore, first one of its kind.
  • The tender helps to find potential partners who work for lowering emissions to the maritime supply chain.
  • The tender aims at feasible solutions to control greenhouse gas emissions and LNG-fuelled transport for up to ten percent of its iron ore.

Melbourne-headquartered resource company BHP floated a bulk carrier tender for LNG-fuelled transport for up to 27 million...

http://mfame.guru/lng-fuelled-transport-gets-a-bulk-carrier-tender-from-melbourne-based-bhp/

BHP Ignores Pleas To Help Starving Crew – ITF

BHP ignores pleas to help starving crew

Crew aboard a ship at a BHP terminal in Queensland claim they are being starved and underpaid, in yet another instance of the coal giant’s veil of secrecy over its operations in Australian waters. A seafarer aboard an 80,000-tonne bulk carrier, the Villa Deste, contacted the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) pleading for help. The starving crew claims to have no food and no onboard wages and being fed on a $4 food budget per day.

BHP is continuing to block ITF’s requests to...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/bhp-ignores-pleas-to-help-starving-crew/

BHP and NYK use GoodFuels biofuel to progress decarbonisation goals

Picture credit: GoodFuels Marine

BHP, NYK, GoodFuels and BLOC collaborate to progress sustainable biofuel bunkering in Rotterdam, verified with blockchain

Rotterdam, 4 February 2019: Today global mining company BHP, Japanese shipping company NYK, leading sustainable biofuel company GoodFuels and BLOC (Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration) the leading developer of blockchain applications for the maritime industry, announced the successful delivery of sustainable biofuels to the BHP-chartered,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/04/bhp-and-nyk-use-goodfuels-biofuel-to-progress-decarbonisation-goals/

ITF opposes BHP’s decision to end 100 years of Australian shipping

22 January 2019 – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today expressed opposition to the decision of BHP to dump Australian crew from two vessels that carried iron ore from Port Hedland in Western Australia to steelworks in Port Kembla and to China.

The decision will see 80 Australian seafarers lose their jobs, ending more than 100 years of Australian-crewed iron ore shipping servicing BHP and BlueScope steelworks, to be replaced by foreign crew on Flag of Convenience (FoC)...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/21/itf-opposes-bhps-decision-to-end-100-years-of-australian-shipping/

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