Singapore, Shandong Ink Agreement for Green and Digital Shipping Corridor

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the People’s Republic of China’s Shandong Provincial Transport Department signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the Singapore – Shandong Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC). Teo Eng Dih, Chief Executive, MPA, and Gao Hongyan, Deputy Director, Shandong Provincial Transport Department, signed the MoU at

Trinidad and Tobago has potential to be methanol bunkering hub

PROMAN, one of the world’s largest methanol producers said there is potential for Trinidad and Tobago to be a methanol bunkering hub. Methanol is widely available at over 120 ports globally, including Point Lisas. It said the local port is being used regularly to refuel ships having supplied 12,500 (MT) metric tonnes of its locally-made

Stolthaven terminals to explore green methanol bunkering hub

Stolthaven Terminals has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Australia to explore the commercial feasibility of establishing a green methanol bunkering hub at Port of Melbourne in Victoria. The MoU, led by Port of Melbourne, also includes Maersk, ANL (a subsidiary of CMA-CGM), Svitzer, HAMR Energy and ABEL Energy. Together, the companies will examine

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

Port of Gothenburg plans to become bunkering hub for methanol

By 2030, the Port of Gothenburg has set out an ambitious target to reduce shipping emissions by 70% within the port area. One key step to reach this goal is to provide a variety of shipping fuels that contribute to bringing down emissions – in the port as well as on a global scale. Many

Fujairah faces more bunkering competition

The UAE’s Port of Fujairah, the world’s third-biggest bunkering hub, is facing increased competition to supply marine fuels in the region, with new entrants ranging from Saudi Arabia to Qatar and Egypt. Qatar has started supplying marine fuels for its own LNG fleet and is now probably the second-largest bunkering hub in the Middle East

Higher bunker prices to weigh on demand in Fujairah

Bunker suppliers in the world’s third largest bunkering hub Fujairah in the UAE are concerned rising oil prices are weighing on marine fuels demand at the port. A number of bunker suppliers in Fujairah said they were concerned that demand at the hub is declining as they see buyers considering taking smaller volumes of bunker