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Surveying the key bunker trends
The Bunkerspot Survey 2022
2021 was another challenging year for the shipping and bunkering industries – and everyone else – with the battle to contain the coronavirus and also respond to the call for decarbonisation. So once again we invited industry players and associations, NGOs, commentators and technical experts to answer the key questions and give their views on the current state of the industry
Interview: Hartree Marine
Hartree has played the long game in making its move into the bunker market. As Ethan Ram of Hartree Marine tells Lesley Bankes-Hughes, the company is more than ready to seize opportunities in its trading business and in physical supply
Market Focus: Norway
Ian Taylor looks at how Norway’s bunkering sector could offer a glimpse of the future – with no IFOs, a growing interest in biofuels and government support for zero-emission initiatives
LPG
The landscape for marine fuel is becoming more complicated as the IMO’s 2030 and 2050 emissions targets draw closer. Lesley Bankes-Hughes talks to Roberto Comelli and Viktor Friberg of Alfa Laval about the role of LPG in shipping’s energy transition
Commercial Issues
Decarbonisation and digitisation are key drivers for increased transparency in the marine fuels sector. Daniel Rose of The Signal Group considers the implications of greater commercial ‘openness’ for the industry
Many stakeholders are focused on bringing more transparency into the way the bunker industry goes about its business. As Anthony Mollet of the Marine Fuels Alliance explains, taking a forensic look at commercial processes, standards and employee accountability can enable companies – large and small – to improve their performance
Bunker Broking
The era of the large independent bunker broker may have come to end but, as Irene Notias of Prime’s Bunkersplus tells Lesley Bankes-Hughes, there are many opportunities for small and mid-size brokers to evolve and add value to bunker transactions as shipping adapts to new energy sources
Legal Issues
Camilla Søgaard Hudson of Bech-Bruun gives a run-down on the acquittal of a large shipping company following a charge of non-compliance with the EU Sulphur Directive
Credit Management
John Phillips of Awyr Las spells out the challenges facing shipping and bunker companies as they contend with heightened levels of compliance, due diligence, and credit default management pressures
Decarbonisation
Kasper Søgaard of the Global Maritime Forum argues that, in order to reduce its fair share of GHG emissions, shipping will also have to pay its fair share
Decarbonisation & Training
While work is underway on the development of new, low carbon marine fuels and their supply infrastructure, bunker industry expert Nigel Draffin warns that training in the understanding and handling of these fuels – onboard and landside – should not be a subject that is left behind in the race to 2050
Marine Additives
Amy Challinor and Rob Ashton of Infineum explain how in recent tests the latest combustion improver technology has outperformed conventional ferrocene-based additive technology in high and low sulphur marine fuels
