Bunkerspot February / March 2024
Getting to zero
How can the shipping industry harness the power of wind, electricity, fuel cells and nuclear energy?
Feb 2024 . 39 min read see card
Tech Talk
Our ship.energy survey respondents give their views on how technology can help increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions
Feb 2024 . 35 min read see cardBunkerspot December 2023 / January 2024
Culture of care
With the business case for seafarer health and wellbeing long established, Seafarers Hospital Society’s CEO Sandra Welch suggests implementing a to...
Dec 2023 . 6 min read see cardBunkerspot October / November 2023
Making waves
As a growing part of the shipping industry is exploring ways to trim its carbon footprint, the ENGINE team reports that biofuels are making waves a...
Oct 2023 . 6 min read see card
Mind the gap!
There’s a huge hole in shipping’s supply of green hydrogen that industry and policymakers need to address, says Nuala Doyle of the SASHA Coalition
Oct 2023 . 7 min read see card
London calling
As shipping braces itself for more commercial challenges plus a raft of new environmental regulations, Lesley Bankes-Hughes looks back at some of t...
Oct 2023 . 14 min read see cardBunkerspot August / September 2023
Getting to zero (paper)
At the recent meeting of the IMO’s MEPC 80, the use of electronic bunker delivery notes was nodded through. Steve Simms of Simms Showers considers ...
Aug 2023 . 30 min read see card
Perfect blend
Analysis demonstrates blending sustainable biofuel with conventional marine fuel can dramatically improve performance, writes Panos Koutsourakis of...
Aug 2023 . 5 min read see cardBunkerspot June / July 2023
Dark matter
Ioannis Generalis throws some light on the shadowy world of dark shipping
Jun 2023 . 8 min read see card
Green seafarers
Action to empower seafarers with green skills is gaining momentum in regions that will be critical for delivering the modern crew and clean fuels t...
Jun 2023 . 7 min read see cardBunkerspot April / May 2023
Smoothing the transition
Masato Morimoto of Nippon Paint Marine considers how marine hull coatings can provide improved operational performance, greater fuel efficiency and...
Apr 2023 . 7 min read see card
A numbers game
VLCC owners are being forced to tackle a difficult trade-off between CII grades and commercial performance, but Matthew Smith of Tankers Internatio...
Apr 2023 . 7 min read see card










