Bunkerspot April / May 2025
Magnetic power
Jussi Puranen of The Switch explains why and how permanent magnet machines are at the forefront of the shift towards electric propulsion
Apr 2025 . 7 min read see card
Offshore conundrum
Spinergie’s Hugo Madeline and Sarah McLean ask if standardisation can help to solve the offshore decarbonisation conundrum
Apr 2025 . 9 min read see card
Early engagement
CarbonLeap’s Guido Levie explains why it is important for vessel owners to engage early with providers of pooling surpluses and to work with a trad...
Apr 2025 . 7 min read see card
Forging a future for clean ship fuels
Mikael Wideskog of Wärtsilä Marine explains why progress on ammonia, methanol and LNG engines should give a strong signal for investment from clean...
Apr 2025 . 8 min read see card
Uplifted
Maritime leaders from developing countries tell Ariane Morrissey that they are looking to turn the tables by seizing shipping’s decarbonisation tra...
Apr 2025 . 9 min read see card
The test of reality
The first company to adopt Blue Visby to optimise vessel arrivals at its ports tells Ariane Morrissey what ending ‘sail fast then wait’ to reduce G...
Apr 2025 . 9 min read see cardBunkerspot February / March 2025
Going with the flow
Discussions at this year’s Middle East Bunkering Convention were inevitably informed by new and ongoing geopolitical challenges, but, as Lesley Ban...
Feb 2025 . 13 min read see cardBunkerspot December 2024 / January 2025
Breaking the carbon lock-in
Prof. Frauke Urban of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology tells Tom Barlow-Brown that ‘carbon lock-in’ needs to be overcome for scaling-up green ...
Dec 2024 . 9 min read see card
Plugged in
DNV’s Eirik Ovrum looks at how shore power can both reduce ships’ WtW emissions and protect local environments
Dec 2024 . 5 min read see card
Layered landscape
Johannes Schurmann of FincoEnergies explains why shipowners will need to take a multi-layered approach to meeting regulations on marine biofuel
Dec 2024 . 6 min read see card
Tried and tested
Kenneth Kar of ExxonMobil explains how the use of an innovative test engine has played a key role in developing lower GHG emission marine fuels
Dec 2024 . 6 min read see card
Learning curve
Shipping’s demand for biofuels is rising sharply, but as Steve Bee of VPS explains, understanding the characteristics and behaviour of different ty...
Dec 2024 . 9 min read see card








