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IMO 2020 could hold silver lining for clean tanker market

Global clean tanker fleet size 2014-2019

The shipping industry faces a
hike in costs and operational headaches as a result of IMO 2020 regulations
that will cap the sulfur content of marine fuels. At the same time, new streams
of product demand will be created, potentially benefiting some shipowners.

The International Maritime
Organization’s agreed limit of 0.5% sulfur content for marine fuel will come
into effect next January 1 and its ramifications will span the shipping, bunkering,
petroleum products and petrochemicals markets.

While...

https://blogs.platts.com/2019/03/04/imo-2020-silver-lining-clean-tanker/

Steep Rise in LNG Bunkering ! Rotterdam To Be LNG Hub

  • In 2018 fuel oil sale decreased from 9.9 million m3 to 9.5 million m3 due to the dip in sales of HFO from 8.3 million m3 to 7.9 million m3 in Rotterdam bunker port.
  • LNG as bunker fuel increased considerably from 1,500 to 9,500 tonnes.
  • Supplies to container ships account for approximately 70 per cent of the total Rotterdam bunker market.
  • An increase of ten suppliers within five years and a considerable increase in LNG bunkering is expected by the Port Authority.
  • ‘Timetobunker App’ trial was...

http://mfame.guru/steep-rise-in-lng-bunkering-rotterdam-to-be-lng-hub/

Scrubbers under scrutiny by maritime industry as IMO 2020 nears

pace of vessel exhaust scrubber installations hastens ahead of IMO 2020 deadline

Looming 2020 regulations capping marine fuel sulfur at 0.5% have so far benefited manufacturers marketing scrubbers – or exhaust gas cleaning systems, as they are more formally known – but this solution is now being viewed with a more critical eye.

At the 12th annual MARE Forum on November 27 in Houston, one of the biggest topics debated by the maritime and shipping market delegates in attendance was the role of scrubbers, which have enjoyed increasing popularity with shipowners in 2018, in...

https://blogs.platts.com/2018/12/12/scrubbers-scrutiny-maritime-industry-imo-2020/

Fuel Oil Consumption Calculations For Ships: What Seafarers Should Know

Fuel oil calculation

Fuel oil consumption calculation and recordkeeping on board ship are one of the most critical tasks that the Chief Engineer is in charge of.

Fuel oil is provided by the charterers of the vessel and the Chief Engineer has to report to them every day with fuel oil consumption report, remaining on-board and requirement for the next voyage.

The applied method for measurement for the ship is briefly described in this article. The description explains the procedure for measuring data and calculating...

https://www.marineinsight.com/guidelines/fuel-oil-consumption-calculations-for-ships-what-seafarers-should-know/

The great scrubber conundrum

It’s been six months since my last 2020 dispatch. Since then, I’ve spent time at major industry gatherings in London (IP week) and Athens (Posidonia) and yet I’m just as uncertain about 2020 as I was then. My only comfort is that judging by my numerous conversations at Posidonia, I’m far from alone.

By now, anyone remotely involved in shipping should know about the importance of January 1, 2020 — the date environmental restrictions on sulfur content in bunker fuel come into effect. Some still...

http://blogs.platts.com/2018/06/19/great-scrubber-conundrum/

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