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WHO WINS IN CHINA’S NEW SILK ROAD STRATEGY?
Commercial Issues
Lesley Bankes-Hughes discusses how the port and maritime sectors are essential elements in China’s determined drive to realise its global and ambitious Belt and Road initiative
Regional Profile: Gulf of Mexico
New commercial opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico are being eagerly anticipated by Mexico’s bunker suppliers, but, as Lesley Bankes-Hughes explains,the pace of change is proving to be slow
Regional Profile: Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk is one of the most important ports on the Black Sea, crucial to Russia and Kazakhstan. Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes takes a closer look
Regional Focus: West Indies
Rhys Berry talks to some of the local bunker suppliers to find out more about current business opportunities and challenges
Broking
Rhys Berry speaks to players from across the industry to discuss the role of the modern day broker and asks whether they can still add value in the bunker buying process?
Legal Issues
With the collapse of OWBunker, the protections afforded by bunker contracts to all the parties involved have come under close scrutiny. However, as James Kennedy of Clyde & Co explains, the creation of a one-size-fits-all protective clause remains an intractable proposition
The question of who should receive payment for fuel delivered following OWBunker’s collapse in 2014 continues to be visited – and revisited – in many US courts. Andrei Kharchenko of BBC Chartering offers an overview
Fuel Hedging
Mike Corley, President of Mercatus Energy Advisors, explains that the adoption of a prudent and proactive bunker hedging strategy can alleviate much of the financial pain caused by unpredictable fuel price swings
Cyber Risk
Technological innovation is driving the development of shipping at an increasingly fast pace, but such change can also increase the sector’s commercial vulnerabilities. Rory Macfarlane of Ince & Co looks at the realities of the cyber threat
Vessel Charging Technology
Interest is building in electrically-powered or hybrid vessels. Engineering group Cavotec asks whether vessel charging also offers further potential for a wider use of shore-based power?
Marine Lubricants
Bunkerspot asked Roman Miroshnichenko, Branch Director, Marine Lubricants, Gazpromneft-Lubricants, how the company is responding to new commercial and technical challenges for the lubes sector
LNG
The LNG bunker market is gradually evolving from being a niche sector to becoming a more mature fuel supply industry with a global reach. GTT is working to deliver marine LNG supply solutions which can keep pace with this transitional phase and also meet likely future demand
Alternative Fuels
Erik Büthker of PitPoint suggests that shipping needs to be much more proactive in adopting emission mitigation strategies
Fuel Management
Cutting the bunker fuel spend and lowering emissions are key drivers in today’s shipping market. Lesley Bankes-Hughes talks to FUELSAVE, a company that has developed an innovative technology that it believes provides a win-win solution to both these challenges
Fuel Monitoring
FUELTRAX explains how electronic fuel monitoring systems have a key role to play in targeting fuel loss through criminal activity
Iain White, Global Marketing Manager, ExxonMobil, suggests that the shipping sector still has much ground-work to do in order to comply with the 0.5% global sulphur cap
