Sri Lanka’s Colombo, Hambantota ports achieve more bunkering feats with latest foray

Colombo Port’s first supply of delivered high sulfur fuel oil bunker in the week started Aug. 8 marked another milestone for Sri Lanka, as the country sets out to boost its bunkering prospects while also developing other ports like Hambantota as a dominant marine fuels hub in Asia. Register Now Advantis Bunkering, a subsidiary of

Emission Control Catalysts Market – Emerging Economies Offer High Growth Potential

With the advent of emission regulation policies, such as the Euro standards in Europe, National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the USA and Bharat Stage emission standards in India, there has been a revolution in the production of emission control equipments, specifically catalyst based. Catalysts are used in gasoline or diesel based internal combustion engines.

Petrol Additives in India: Do They Really Enhance the Performance?

Petrol additives, also known as fuel supplements, are generally chemicals that are mixed in fuel as they claim to enhance the performance of your motorcycle for a certain time period. There are the different types of fuel additives available in the market, which can be used with gasoline like complete engine cleaner, octane booster and

Brazil sugarcane harvest failure hampers biofuels growth, raises refinery runs

The Center-South Brazil 2021-22 sugarcane harvest is proving to be one of the most challenging seasons on record. On top of a prolonged drought — the worst in almost a century — the sugarcane crop has been recently impacted by three waves of frost. S&P Global Platts Analytics reduced the cane supply forecast to the

European Energy to fuel Maersk ships with green methanol

European Energy is collaborating with Maersk on a green methanol project in Denmark that will use solar generated electricity to produce the fuel stock. European Energy subsidiary Reintegrate is working with shipping group Maersk, which will use the e-methanol to operate one of its vessels. REintegrate and European Energy will establish a new Danish facility

LNG shipments to Europe might not cover strong winter demand

Europe’s vast network of liquefied natural gas terminals can’t save it from a winter supply crunch. LNG supplies entering European grids in July fell to the lowest for that month in three years and the outlook for this month is even grimmer. Just one cargo is scheduled to arrive in the UK in August and

Asian HSFO markets firm on higher power, bunker demand

The backwardation in the Asian 180cst and 380cst high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) markets has widened to multi-month highs, driven by higher power generation and bunker fuel demand. The backwardation in 180cst HSFO markets, or the premium of prompt prices to forward values, widened from $5.75/t on 3 August to over a nine-month high of $6/t

Monjasa Acquires Tanker to Serve Burgeoning West African VLSFO Market

DWT tanker, acquired from Neste in Finland and now renamed as Monjasa Trader, left the Port of Rotterdam on 15 August and is now heading for Lomé in West Africa. Announcing the acquisition of the tanker, Monjasa highlighted the increasing local availability of very low sulphur oil in West Africa. The ‘high quality’ product is

Russian H1 2021 bunker sales drop 20%

Russian marine fuel sales declined by 20 per cent to about 2.4mn t in the first half of the year, from 3.1mn t during the same period last year, but demand was mixed at the different coasts. Overall Russian demand fell amid strong price competition from other international ports, tighter product availabilities and adverse weather

Assam government approves ethanol production promotion policy

Eyeing to get investment in the Ethanol, Assam government has come up with Ethanol Production Promotion Policy 2021. The policy offered a huge range of incentives to investors’ investing in the sector. The State Cabinet has approved the Assam Ethanol Production Promotion Policy 2021, said Assam industry and commerce minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Thursday.