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Aegean president departs

September 28th, 20180 Marine fuel logistics company Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (AMPNI) has announced that its president Jonathan McIlroy will leave the company effective November...

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No cap backtracking, IMO stresses as calls for leniency grow

September 26th, 20182 With an assortment of influential shipping bodies and registers calling for leniency in the first months of applying the global sulphur cap in 15 months’ time, the...

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Case made for biofuels as shipping’s transition fuel

September 21st, 20186 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...

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Baffled by Maersk’s BAF

September 21st, 20181 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...

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Greenland government backs Arctic HFO ban

September 19th, 20180 Greenland’s Naalakkersuisut (government) has publically backed an International Maritime Organization ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil by Arctic...

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Cooking oil used in landmark container voyage

September 18th, 20182 Used cooking oil has been used in a landmark container voyage. Organised by sustainable shipping initiative GoodShipping Program, 22,000 litres of hydrotreated vegetable...

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Maersk to change fuel adjustment surcharge ahead of the sulphur cap

September 17th, 20180 As it seeks to improve its bottom line Maersk Line has announced a new Bunker Adjustment Factor surcharge, which it claims is aimed at recovering the costs of compliance...

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Who is ready for an Arctic ban on HFO?

September 13th, 20180 Dave Walsh from the Clean Arctic Alliance looks at the fuel mix of the various ships transiting Arctic waters this year. In April this year, a meeting of the...

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How the IMO got the sulphur cap so wrong

September 7th, 20183 Jeffrey McGee from Makai Marine Advisors makes his Splash debut today in which he looks at the sulphur cap from a different point of view. Amidst the wave of content...

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Nanotechnology questions answered

September 6th, 20181 A couple of weeks ago Splash published my article titled, ‘Nanotechnology can cure shipping’s sulphur conundrum’. Since then, we have seen the following...

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BW LPG to retrofit four vessels with LPG-propelled dual fuel engines

August 31st, 20180 Singapore’s BW LPG has signed contracts for the retrofitting of four vessels with LPG-propelled dual fuel engines, which it claims is a world first. BW LPG says the...

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Maersk anticipates extra $2bn to its fuel bill come 2020

August 30th, 20180 Maersk Line, the world’s largest containerline, has estimated its fuel bill will rise by at least $2bn after the introduction of the global sulphur cap on January 1,...

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Gunvor shelves Rotterdam low sulphur fuel plant

August 28th, 20180 Fresh from the news rival Vopak is forming a low sulphur fuel venture in Rotterdam with Maersk, Gunvor Group has put on hold earlier plans to create its own low sulphur...

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Slow-speed marine diesel engine converted to operate on ethane

August 24th, 20180 The conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel has been successfully completed. Navigator Gas, in partnership with charterer...

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Contaminated bunker epidemic spreads far and wide

August 24th, 20180 The Standard Club is reporting that the global plague of contaminated bunkers has now hit more than 150 vessels with one grounding so far a direct result of dirty fuel...

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Maersk makes Rotterdam central to its sulphur cap strategy

August 20th, 20180 Maersk has opted to make Rotterdam a central part of its fuel plans once the global sulphur cap kicks in on January 1, 2020. A.P. Moller – Maersk and Royal Vopak, a...

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Aegean completes refinancing deal with Mercuria Energy

August 17th, 20180 Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has completed a transformative refinancing deal with Mercuria Energy Group, which sees Mercuria become the sole lender under the...

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Gard issues warning on scrubber ban proliferation
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Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic
Authorities in the Philippines are determined to give Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction... Jan 18th, 2019 inShipyards
Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade
The voyage data recorder (VDR) – shipping’s black box – could become a blockchain box with... Jan 18th, 2019 inTech
Nick Elliott: Shipping thriller trilogy
In need of some weekend reading? Well then, marine claims investigator Angus McKinnon is back in... Jan 18th, 2019 inMaritime CEO
Maersk starts random box checks in latest bid to stamp out scourge of misdeclared cargoes
In a bid to stamp out misdeclared cargoes, Maersk has started carrying out random container checks... Jan 17th, 2019 inContainers

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

North’s post-Brexit Irish subsidiary up and running

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

CMA CGM bids adieu to the MacAndrews brand

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

Seacor Marine acquires three more PSVs from Cosco

Ocean Infinity awarded Petrobras survey work

Dole books reefer boxship pair at CSSC Chengxi

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

ADNOC acquires boxship from Celsius Shipping

Oman Shipping Company in for four DSME VLCCs

ZIM readies the end of paper bills of ladings

Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic

Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade

BW completes Hafnia merger

Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale

Nord/LB files court case against Brightoil

Bureau Veritas reveals Donche-Gay’s successor

Shanghai Bestway chairman fails to sell his shares again

Last Union Rich Shipping vessel sold at auction

Maritime CEO Forum: Sulphur cap like playing poker blind with half the cards