Clean Fuel Regulation

Hapag-Lloyd First To Convert Large Containership To LNG

Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd has booked the HFO-to-LNG conversion, reports Logistics Middle East.

HFO to LNG conversion

Hapag-Lloyd has registered the HFO-to-LNG conversion of UASC’s 15,000 TEU ‘LNG-ready’ container ship, Sajir, acquired in its 2017 take-over of the Middle East shipping line.

The work will be carried out at China’s Huarun Dadong Shipyard in May 2020.

Duration and cost for the conversion

The project to convert the existing MAN Energy Solutions’ ME-GI engine is expected to take 105 days and...

http://mfame.guru/hapag-lloyd-first-to-convert-large-containership-to-lng/

Is the New Clean Fuel Regulation Plan by Cruise Lines the Greenest Option?


Cruise Lines are working overtime to meet the new IMO 2020 sulphur regulations but in their rush, the path they have taken is not the greenest one and amounts to life support for one of the world’s dirtiest fuels, reports Taylor Dolven and Alex Harris for the Miami Herald.

What is it?

The new rule is designed to save lives. The heavy fuel oil that ships use — the cheap and dirty residue leftover at the bottom of a barrel of crude oil after all the gas products are made — is high in sulfur....

https://mfame.guru/is-the-new-clean-fuel-regulation-plan-by-cruise-lines-the-greenest-option/

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