CNOOC Marine Supplies delivers first bunker fuel to YM Enlightenment ship

CNOOC Marine Supplies completed its first bunker fuel delivery. The company a subsidiary of CNOOC Group has earlier received a bonded bunkering business license from the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. The company delivered 1,730 metric tonnes (mt) of low-sulphur bonded fuel oil to YM Enlightenment ship in Yantian Port. The company has

ESL Shipping to use low emission Neste Marine fuel

ESL Shipping will become the world’s first shipping company to start utilising new low-emission Neste Marine 0.1 co-processed marine fuel in its vessels in Finland and Sweden. The ISCC PLUS certified marine fuel enables up to 80% reduced greenhouse gas emissions over the life cycle compared to fossil fuels, the fuel’s developer claims. Neste Marine

ABS AIP for project Sabre ammonia-fueled, ammonia bunker vessel

ABS has issued approval in principle (AIP) to Keppel Offshore & Marine for the ammonia-fueled ammonia bunker vessel at the heart of Project Sabre, an initiative from a consortium of leading maritime organizations to develop an ammonia bunker supply chain in Singapore. As well as ABS, the consortium includes A.P. Moller – Maersk, Fleet Management

Bunker sales in Singapore increased in May 2022

Bunker sales in Singapore for May 2022 totalled more than 4mn t, up by 373,000t from the previous month and by 1.1pc from a year earlier. It was the first time this year since January that monthly sales have been above 1mn t this year, as well as the highest total so far in 2022.

K Line, MPA join hands for development of ammonia bunker supply chain

Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have joined a consortium which has set out to develop an ammonia bunker supply chain in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub. The consortium, comprising A.P. Moller – Maersk, Fleet Management Limited, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney

China’s bunker exports take a dip

China’s exports of marine fuel in March plunged 15% from a year ago, customs data showed. The exports were hit by high prices and Covid-19 curbs at domestic ports. March shipments were 1.42 million tonnes, data from the General Administration of Customs showed. Most of this was very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), with a maximum

Unitrove bags hydrogen bunkering grant in UK

Clean energy technology company Unitrove has been awarded £30,000 (€36,000) Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) from the UK government to develop its mobile unit for liquid hydrogen bunkering to fuel zero-emission ships. Unitrove first presented its mobile unit at COP26 in 2021, and in December 2021, announced a development partnership with cryogenic gas processing

Inaugural barge-to-ship LNG bunkering operation completed

The largest Jones Act-compliant LNG bunkering barge has completed its inaugural bunkering operation in Jacksonville, Florida. The 5,500 cubic meter capacity Clean Canaveral operates as an articulated tug barge unit (“ATB”) and is owned by Polaris New Energy, a subsidiary of Seaside LNG Holdings. As part of the operation, LNG was loaded onto the Clean

Bunker sales take a dip in Singapore

Bunker sales in Singapore in February totalled 3.5mn t, down sharply by 532,000t from the previous month and down by 15pc from a year earlier. This was the lowest monthly total in at least 14 months, according to data from the city state’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA). The MPA has only provided monthly data

Bunker vessels delivered HSDT

The third and final tanker in an order of bunker vessels built to ABS Class to provide bunkering services to the fishing industry has been delivered to Hai Soon Diesel & Trading (HSDT). The three 6,060 dwt oil tankers were constructed at Zhejiang Shenzhou Sunshine Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. and joined HSDT’s 21-strong fleet. “ABS