Cost Saving

Maersk Witness 6.9% Drop in Bunker Consumption Amid Pandemic

Logistics giant AP Moller-Maersk saw a 6.9% drop in its bunker consumption last year as the COVID-19 pandemic hit container freight demand, reports Ship & Bunker.

Plunging bunker consumption

Maersk’s total bunker consumption was 10.3 million mt in 2020, according to its annual report, down from 11.1 million mt in 2019. Maersk is the world’s largest consumer of bunker fuel, and one of the world’s biggest users of oil products of any kind.

Last year’s oil-price crash stymied the increase in bunker...

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Winging it can save money and emissions

TruckWings save fleets money and emissions.

At 49 mph or slower, TruckWings — a product from TruckLabs that reduces aerodynamic drag — remains safely nestled behind a cab, silently waiting to go into action. Then the speedometer reaches 50 mph.

Time to come out of hiding.

Thanks to the smart sensors that minimize driver involvement, the glass-reinforced polypropylene panels automatically deploy. Two on the side, one on the top, the panels expand to close the gap between the tractor and trailer as the truck rolls down the highway.

It’s a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/winging-it-can-save-money-and-emissions

Delta to retire 777 fleet by year’s end

A white Delta plane crosses the sky.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced Thursday that it plans to permanently retire its 18 twin-aisle Boeing 777s by the end of the year and write off $1.4 billion to $1.7 billion in the second quarter after determining that the airplanes, as well as its remaining MD-90s that are going to a boneyard, have no recoverable value.

Meanwhile, cargo demand is making possible the introduction of three new passenger flights per week from Atlanta and Detroit to Frankfurt, Germany, and London,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delta-to-retire-777-fleet-by-years-end

Engine Performance Optimization on Land and Sea

ABB Measurement & Analytics helps the shipping and power companies save fuel and improve the reliability of large diesel engines. ABB’s instrumentation and analyzers make solving tough measurement applications easy for customers.

An article published in ABB explains how it is done. Here’s an excerpt from it.

How ABB helps industry in current issues?

With new environmental legislation, fuel costs and reliability are two of the most prominent issues facing ship owner/operators today. At the same...

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