Hong Kong’s Fleet Management has bought out NAESS Ship Management for an undisclosed price, bringing the company’s managed fleet closer to the 500-ship mark. NAESS traces its roots back to 1973 and over the years has managed a wide variety of vessel types. Its existing mix of ships are bulkers and...
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Case made for biofuels as shipping’s transition fuel
The shipping industry still needs plenty of persuading to see the merits of biofuels, despite the news carried on Splash this week of a landmark container voyage in Europe with used cooking oil as the fuel. Isabel Welten, head of marine at Dutch firm GoodFuels Marine, who have pioneered the cooking...
https://splash247.com/case-made-for-biofuels-as-shippings-transition-fuel/
Baffled by Maersk’s BAF
David Macleod from Hong Kong freight management and consultancy HoldFast Pacific chips in with his own thoughts on this week’s hot topic, Maersk’s sulphur cap surcharge. It is no wonder that Monday’s announcement by Maersk Line that it will bring in a new sulphur cap surcharge from the start of...