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IMO 2020 Effect on the Fuel Bunker Mix Short – and Long Term

As the global shipping industry is sailing towards the major change in bunker fuel regulations by IMO from January 1, 2020, a forecast on the volatile transition is stated in a press release published on Rystad Energy website.

Here’s an excerpt from it.

The stringent regulation

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) bunker fuel regulations comes into effect on January 1, 2020.

The sulfur content limits in bunker fuels used outside the designated Emission Control Areas (ECAs) will be...

http://mfame.guru/imo-2020-effect-on-the-fuel-bunker-mix-short-and-long-term/

Shell & HES To Revive German Oil Refinery Ahead of IMO 2020

  • The sulphur cap set by the IMO from next year, to be one of the biggest fundamental events to hit oil markets in years.
  • Royal Dutch Shell with Dutch tank terminal firm HES International to restart a German oil refinery mothballed to meet new restrictions on marine fuels.
  • HES is in the process of reinstalling the VDU at Wilhelmshaven to produce LSFO ahead of the implementation of the IMO rules
  • The IMO sulphur restrictions will lead HSFO demand to fall 60% to 1.4 million bpd next year, while MGO...

http://mfame.guru/shell-hes-to-revive-german-oil-refinery-ahead-of-imo-2020/

Preparing for bunkering: Proper planning & critical safety checks

The bunkering of ships, which formerly was a relatively low skill and low value activity, has deployed into a highly focused shipboard operation, due to the continuously rising oil price in conjunction with the imperative need for high marine environmental protection.

Types of bunkering and bunker fuel oil

Conventionally, bunkering is done in ports but with modern techniques and heavy traffic, bunkering can now be done at sea under normal weather conditions. The most common type of bunkering...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-preparing-for-bunkering-proper-planning-critical-safety-checks/

Singapore arrests 11 for illegal transaction of MGO

Singapore’s Police Coast Guard (PCG) informed that it has arrested eleven men aged between 22 and 44 for a suspected involvement in an illegal transaction of marine gas oil (MGO), on 19 February 2019.

During a joint operation with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the PCG arrested six crew members of a craft belonging to a marine service provider and another five crew members of a foreign-registered tugboat for illegal transaction of MGO at the sea off Jurong Island.

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https://safety4sea.com/singapore-arrests-11-for-illegal-transaction-of-mgo/

CSA2020: Minimizing the impact of global Sulphur cap

Mr. Ian Adams has been recently appointed as the Executive Director of the Clean Shipping Alliance (CSA) 2020 which aims to clarify issues concerning the Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) and assist in the effective enforcement of the upcoming sulphur cap. Mr. Adams anticipates an increase in global shipping costs overnight from 1 January 2020, highlighting that a postponement of the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI is off the table; therefore, the industry needs to get fully prepared for...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-csa2020-minimizing-the-impact-of-global-sulphur-cap/

7 arrested for illegal transaction of MGO off Singapore

Seven men got arrested on January 29 for an alleged illegal transaction of 2.7 tonnes of marine gas oil at the sea off Pulau Sudong, Singapore. According to the police, the men were arrested during a joint operation the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Three of the seven men were crew of a craft that belongs to a marine service provider, and the other four were members of a foreign-registered tugboat.

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