Marathon

Marathon Mariner Runs to Honour Crewmates

Marathon Mariner Runs to Honour Crewmates 

A British seafarer, who trained for months while on board ship, completed the 2021 London Marathon in aid of maritime welfare charity, Sailors’ Society.  

George Belcher, a third engineer who has served as a mariner for more than seven years, took on the 26.2 mile race on 3 October to raise awareness of the challenges seafarers are facing due to the pandemic, and to raise funds for Sailors’ Society’s global work.  

Most of George’s training was done on...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/19/marathon-mariner-runs-to-honour-crewmates/

Marathon Predicts A Step-by-step Approach To Achieve Diesel Margins

  • Marathon operates 16 refineries with a capacity of 3 million barrels a day.
  • The sulfur content of 3.5% is far more than the IMO 2020 regulation of 0.5%.
  • VLSFO was approximately $487 per metric ton.
  • U.S. Gulf Coast diesel and dated Brent exceeded $20 per barrel.
  • VLSFO is a product that is largely made by blending an intermediate product called VGO.
  • Marathon has taken about 40,000 to 50,000 barrels per day of VGO to make VLSFO.

According to an article published in Yahoo Finance, the relative...

http://mfame.guru/marathon-predicts-a-step-by-step-approach-to-achieve-diesel-margins/

ABP extends title sponsorship of Southampton Marathon

Chris Rees, Strategic Development Director at ReesLeisure and Alastair Welch ABP Regional Director at ABP

ABP extends title sponsorship of Southampton Marathon
ABP’s Port of Southampton has confirmed it is extending its title sponsorship of the ABP Southampton Marathon for a further four years, taking its support of the event to a total of ten years.

ABP is the UK’s leading port operator and the company has been the title sponsor for the last six years, supporting and encouraging running...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/28/abp-extends-title-sponsorship-of-southampton-marathon/

A Comprehensive Analysis of Marathon’s Business for IMO 2020

  • The first signs of IMO 2020 are affecting the oil market leading MPC to invested in complex refineries.
  • High sulfur residual fuel estimated to become nearly worthless as the transition of marine fuels to low sulfur fuel oil. However, straight run fuel oil with 0.5% sulfur is now more expensive than Brent crude in northwest Europe for the first time in five years.
  • Refiners operating complex plants with hydrocrackers and hydrotreaters can remove the high sulfur to produce IMO-compliant marine...

http://mfame.guru/a-comprehensive-analysis-of-marathons-business-for-imo-2020/