Swedish marine fuels supplier ScanOcean has entered an agreement with Finnish FuelEU Maritime compliance pool Ahti to offer a ‘pool-in-pool’ service to its customers. Under the deal, ScanOcean will market and sell a FuelEU Maritime pooling service to shipowners, who will be able to use their own biofuel consumption to meet their compliance obligations, while having access to the wider Ahti Pool for added flexibility. ‘Our pool‑in‑pool solution, together with Ahti’s proven pooling platform, gives shipowners the transparency and flexibility required to manage renewable fuel allocation and regulatory compliance efficiently,’ said Lars Lövsund, Business Development Manager at ScanOcean. FuelEU Maritime […]

The Solomon Islands has published its National Action Plan (NAP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its maritime sector, in line with the country’s ambition to achieve zero-emissions from domestic shipping by 2050. The plan outlines measures to develop fiscal and regulatory incentives to support investment in energy-efficiency and low-emissions technologies in the domestic maritime sector, including small vessels and domestic ships. It also lays out actions to implement a vessel retrofit and replacement programme to enhance operational and technical ship efficiency, and support the introduction of zero-emission and hybrid vessels for domestic shipping.   The NAP also includes […]

GAC has advised that the use of high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) with an open loop scrubber (set to 0.50% or 0.10% sulphur mode) is prohibited ‘until further notice’ for vessels entering Saudi Arabian ports. As notified by GAC Hot Port News, all ships entering Aramco ports must operate scrubbers in closed loop mode or, for hybrid systems, in closed mode, and main a strict prohibition on the discharge of wash water into the sea. Image: Shutterstock