by Sue Terpilowski | May 16, 2024 | fuel, Maritime, MOL, News, Online releases, Ports, Press releases, shipping, technology, training
The European Commission has granted the status of Project of Common Interest (PCI) to the carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and transportation project in Lithuania and Latvia developed by the consortium named CCS Baltic Consortium. The consortium consists of Akmenės...
by Sue Terpilowski | May 16, 2024 | fuel, Maritime, MOL, News, Online releases, Ports, Press releases, shipping, technology, training
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (CEO & President: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that its owned and operated Shofu Maru, the world’s first coal carrier equipped with the Wind Challenger hard sail wind propulsion system, has completed a total of seven round-trip...
by Sue Terpilowski | Oct 16, 2020 | Aderco, fuel, Maritime, shipping
The quality of some new low sulphur fuel oils being supplied today, still remains of significant concern to ship owners, ship managers and operators. ADERCO – the authoritative source when it comes to fuel treatment technology – recently conducted two case...
by Sue Terpilowski | Aug 24, 2020 | fuel, Press releases
Between February and May 2020 BIMCO, The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), INTERCARGO and INTERTANKO conducted The Fuel Oil Quality and Safety Survey with the aim to get a greater understanding of the quality of the new fuel oils and possible safety...
by Sue Terpilowski | Jul 15, 2020 | fuel, Maritime, MOL, MOL 2020, MOL 2020, Online releases, shipping
Junichiro Ikeda President & CEO, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that three MOL Group vessels—the LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin and the ferries Sunflower Kurenai and Sunflower Murasaki —have earned the top rating of five stars from the Japanese Ministry of Land,...
by Sue Terpilowski | Jun 17, 2020 | bunkering, fuel, Materials Handling, Press releases, shipping, Sulphur2020, technology
The IMO low sulphur fuel cap introduced in January 2020 has not eradicated the potential threats from cat fines, sludge, compatibility issues, asphaltene and fuel stability – the five key issues that can damage the health and maintenance of diesel engines,...
