Interview:Adrian Tolson
A global recession, a shipping crisis, regulatory pressures – and the exit ofOW Bunker – have forced the bunker industry to engage in some searching and uncomfortable self-re ection. Adrian Tolson takes the long view and assesses itsmistakes, aswell as its prospects for recovery
Legal Issues – OW Bunker
An expert panel at the recent ARACON conference in Rotterdam reaected on how industry stakeholders are continuing to respond to a post-OW world
Regulatory Compliance
How compliancewith the 0.5% global sulphur capwill be enforced is a diffcult and, as yet, unresolved problem. Lesley Bankes-Hughes sets out some of the issues involved in the debate
Recruitment
Peter Morgan of Oil Recruitment looks at the qualities required to become a successful trader or broker and assesses the prospects for career progression
Price Reporting
In today’s bunkermarket, business decisions are informed and driven by a growing number of increasingly sophisticated – and expensive – onlinemarket intelligence and price data sources. However, as Chris Thorpe explains, there is also a place for niche, customisable – and affordable – bunker pricing solutions
Mass Flow Meters
Aremass owmeters and the TR 48 a boon or a bane for the bunker surveying sector in Singapore? The President of the recently formed Association of Bunker Industry (Singapore) and a source involvedwith the development of the technical reference each state their case to Bunkerspot
Interview: Commodore Bob Sanguinetti
Recent political and commercial developments have brought the prospect of LNG bunkering at the Port of Gibraltar one step closer, but the UK’s decision to exit the European Union potentially leaves the Overseas Territory facing new challenges. Rhys Berry caught upwith Commodore Bob Sanguinetti to re ect onwhat has been a remarkable year for the port
Scrubbers
The shipping sector is looking for a clear lead from the IMO at MEPC 70 on the implementation date of the 0.5% global sulphur cap. Once a decision ismade, says Melanie Davidson of DuPont, the exhaust gas cleaning industry is ready to step up its game
Fuel Management
Dafni Lionaki of Veritas Petroleum Services explains that a thorough knowledge of fuel content and characteristics is a prerequisite of good fuel management
Legal Issues: Ghana
Ghanaian solicitor and barrister Augustine Kidisil looks at Ghana’s local content regime and its impact on foreign participation in Ghana’s oil and bunkering sectors
New ECA Fuels
The introduction of the 0.1% sulphur limit in emission control areas spurred the development of new ECA fuels. As Muhammad Usman of Lloyd’s Register explains, a recent FOBAS study has analysed the operational characteristics of thesemarket ‘newcomers’
Environment
The shipping sector continues to put its house in order in terms of its environmental impact. Rhys Berry looks at some of the port initiativeswhich are contributing towards this drive for
a greener footprint
LNG
The development of a newmulti-product barge is being led by CEPSA. Rhys Berry spoke to its bunker director, Alberto Martinez-Lacaci, to learnmore about the company’s ‘vision’ for LNG
Martial Claudepierre, Business Development Manager, Bureau Veritas, explains how the exibility provided by its GAS-PREPARED notation, combinedwith advances in ship-to-ship
bunkering, are fostering industry adoption of LNG as fuel
Alternative Fuels: Hydrogen
The use of hydrogen as amainstreammarine fuelmay be someway off, but DNVGL is involved in a number of projectswhich indicate that itmay have a role to play in the future low emissions fuelmix
SIBCON 2016
SIBCON, the world’s largest bunkering event, delivered its usual high level of insights and opinions on the state of the globalmarine fuels industry.Gabian Chew provides a snapshot of the range of topics discussed
