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Technology Group Begins Combustion Trials Using Ammonia

  • Using ammonia as a fuel can contribute to reducing both the shipping’s and energy sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions.
  • First tests yielded promising results and will continue to optimise combustion parameters.
  • Ammonia is a carbon-free fuel to fulfil IMO’s vision of reducing GHG emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050.
  • Wärtsilä is developing ammonia storage and supply systems as part of the EU project ShipFC. 
  • Investigating several future fuels, with a view to providing complete...

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133 Roger Göthberg, Managing Director, MAN Energy Solutions Sverige AB

In this episode, you meet Roger Göthberg, Managing Director, MAN Energy Solutions Sverige AB, who is taking us through his career as a supplier to the maritime industry where most of his decisions are about how we can move towards a carbon-free shipping industry.

Roger believe in teamwork, he showed me a small sign on his desk (you can see it on the Instagram account of the Shipping Podcast, where it says Passion + Energy + Competence & Curiosity = Teamwork = Victory. I think it’s great!

At the...

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IMO 2020 Makes Diesel Prices To Spike As Refineries Scale Up

In anticipating the price impact on diesel prices from the launch of IMO 2020 on January 1 – with any impacts expected to start before that – most forecasters have been fairly moderate in their outlook, with some exceptions, reports Freight Waves.

But Fitch Solutions, a unit of Fitch Group, recently came out with its forecast. Prominent in the title is the ‘S’ word – spike.

“Diesel: Tighter Shipping Rules to Lead Large Price Spike in 2020” is the title of the report.

What’s in the report?

The...

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Fuel Prices Swell Through Escalating Tension In the Middle East

Petrol and Diesel prices continue to surge amid tension in Middle East, reports the Economic Times.

Surge in crude prices

The petrol and diesel prices continued to surge on Saturday as the price of petrol rose by 10-11 paise and that of diesel by 15-16 paise across all major cities.

According to the Indian Oil website,

  • Petrol costs Rs 75.45 a litre in Delhi, Rs 81.04 per litre in Mumbai, Rs 78.04 a litre in Kolkata and Rs 78.39 a litre in Chennai after the revised rates were implemented on...

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Will 2020 Shipping Rules Boost Asian Refiners?

  • Asian refiners are languishing at the lowest seasonal level in more than a decade.
  • Diesel demand due to 2020 regulation is forecast to boost Asian refiners.
  • An increase by $3.50 to $4 a barrel is expected in 2020 for complex plants in Asia.
  • Hydrocracking margins for Asian refiners averaged $3.57 a barrel last month, the lowest level since June.
  • Profits from turning Dubai crude into diesel averaged $16.70 in October, near the highest since early 2014.

A surge in diesel demand next year...

http://mfame.guru/will-2020-shipping-rules-boost-asian-refiners/

Fincantieri awarded $9.6 million USCG maintenance contract

Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA) was recently awarded a $9.6 million contract to perform maintenance and repairs to the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of inland buoy tenders.

The multi-year contract was awarded by the Coast Guard’s Surface Force Logistics Center in Virginia. The focus of the contract is the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the Isotta Fraschini Motori (IFM) V1312 main diesel engines onboard the 75′ WLIC and 65′ WLR class cutters.

“This award with the U.S. Coast Guard...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/fincantieri-awarded-9-6-million-uscg-maintenance-contract/

IMO 2020: Diesel & Crude Prices Continue To Widen!

  • The difference between the price of diesel fuel and the price of Brent crude oil suggests shippers are worried about imminent fuel regulations.
  • The regulation mandates that commercial vessels use fuel that contains a maximum sulfur content of 0.5%, far less than the current allowed level of 3.5%.
  • Purchasers of ultra-low sulfur diesel are concerned that the demand will tighten refinery capacity and drive up the price of diesel.

According to an article published in Freight waves, the widening...

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Cox Powertrain’s new diesel outboard to hit market in November

The workboat world is embracing outboard engines today more than it has in the past. More patrol boats, support vessels, special military crew carriers, and other boats that used to rely on small to midsized inboard diesels are moving to outboards.

Safety and convenience are the major reasons for the shift. If an engine has to be changed out, for example, it’s much easier to replace an outboard than an inboard engine. Or if an engine fails in hostile waters, there is more than one outboard...

https://www.workboat.com/news/workboat-show-news/cox-powertrains-new-diesel-outboard-to-hit-market-in-november/

Barge grain movements decrease 10% over last week

For the week ending Oct. 5, barge grain movements totaled 507,298 tons. This is a 10% decrease from the previous week and 6% less than the same period last year. For the week ending Oct. 5, 314 grain barges moved down river. This is 41 fewer barges than the previous week. There were 669 grain barges unloaded in New Orleans, 2% fewer than the previous week.

During the same period, 35 ocean-going grain vessels were loaded in the Gulf — 13% more than the same period last year. Forty-five vessels...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/barge-grain-movements-decrease-10-over-last-week/

IMO 2020 Implementation Could Be Smoother Than Expected, Says IEA

The International Energy Agency (IEA) disclosed that it had changed its view on IMO 2020 fallout and now believes that the IMO 2020 implementation could well be much smoother than expected, reports American Shipper.

Diesel prices spark 

The disaster scenario for the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 fuel rule (IMO 2020) goes like this: Ships without exhaust-gas scrubbers must switch en masse to more expensive low-sulfur fuel on Jan. 1. 

To meet demand, refineries produce more...

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