Credit Control
Managing risk in uncertain times
Bunker Credit
- Panos Panousis of Infospectrum takes stock of the credit landscape after the double shock of the pandemic and the collapse of Hin Leong.
- Steve Simms of Simms Showers offers a useful checklist for bunker suppliers when tasked with making sound credit decisions.
- The buying and selling of marine fuel can be a complicated process. A session at the recent Shipping Finance 2021 online conference turned the spotlight on the bunker deal and considered the relationship between the industry and its financiers. Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes reports.
LNG Bunkering: Gibraltar & Algeciras
The Strait of Gibraltar is seen as an important piece in the global marine LNG puzzle. Rhys Berry speaks to some of the region’s principal stakeholders about the potential for an imminent uptick in demand.
Port of Tanger Med
The Port of Tanger Med opened for business in 2007 with an ambitious plan for growth. In spite of the swingeing impact of the pandemic on global trade and travel, container throughput at the Moroccan hub continues to climb and there are positive indicators for bunker supply.
Energy Transition
- Ahmed El-Hoshy, CEO of OCI, tells Bunkerspot about the company’s interest in the development of ammonia and methanol as marine fuels.
- Panos Koutsourakis explains why ABS believes ammonia is a fuel with significant potential for marine applications.
- Martin Carolan explains why Global Energy Ventures believes its C-H2 ship – which in its final form will both transport and run on hydrogen – could transform the international trade in hydrogen.
Decarbonisation
- The oil majors are reinventing themselves as renewable energy majors – a move labelled by some as greenwashing rather than altruistic. Adrian Tolson of BLUE Insight considers Big Oil’s direction of travel.
- Fenna van de Merwe of DNV argues that the decarbonisation and digitalisation transformations set to sweep through shipping demand a sharper focus on new safety risks that come packaged up with the benefits.
- Marie Cabbia Hubatova from Environmental Defense Fund Europe argues that the IMRB proposal currently before the IMO lacks ambition.
Lubricants
- Roman Miroshnichenko, Managing Director, Gazpromneft Marine Lubricants, explains how the company has adapted to the recent challenges of IMO 2020 and the pandemic and is positioning itself for new markets, fuels and technologies.
- As environmentally acceptable lubricants replace mineral oil-based products, Phil Cumberlidge of PANOLIN International considers their performance, characteristics and operational lifespan – as well as their impact on the environment.
Fuel Additives
Albert Leyson of Drew Marine looks at the evolution of the test methods for determining fuels’ sedimentation and reserve stability, and explains how the use of stabiliser-type additives can positively affect reserve stability test results.
Cyber Security
Ioannis Generalis of Harris Kyriakides finds that cyber security has become an increasingly important issue for the shipping and bunkering communities.
Human Resources
IMO Technical Officer Helen Buni looks at how baseline data on the number of women in the maritime and oceans fields from the IMO and WISTA International survey will allow the industry to benchmark progress in the future.
Hybridisation
Chris Bell of Houlder considers the business case for retrofitting energy storage solutions in offshore support vessels.
