Data is king
Building the case for mass flow meters
Mass Flow Meters
Lesley Bankes-Hughes reports on a lively discussion about mass flow meters at this year’s ARACON event in Rotterdam.
Darrick Pang of Metcore International believes that mass flow meters’ accuracy and transparency are the drivers behind their growing usage in ports around the world.
Interview: ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil’s Eddie Fish explains to Lesley Bankes-Hughes how the company is setting its course to reduce GHG emissions for its own operations and to help its customers.
Sanctions
Emma Fox of Wood Mackenzie considers how the sanctions being imposed on Russian oil as a result of the war in Ukraine will impact the oil industry and bunker fuels.
Interview: PMG Holding
Michael Malamen of PMG Holding assesses the impact of the war in Ukraine on both the Black Sea and global bunker industries.
CII Compliance
Intertek Lintec looks at the preparations required ahead of the enforcement of the IMO’s GHG emissions measures and advises on how shipowners can turn the challenge into an opportunity.
Eric Christofferson of Veson Nautical argues that the shipping industry will need agility and flexibility to navigate its way through the uncertainties of upcoming environmental regulations.
Marine Lubricants
Marcus Schaerer of Shell Marine tells Lesley Bankes-Hughes how the development of the Shell Alexia XC 40 lubricant for use with low sulphur bunker fuel exemplifies a new collaborative approach in the formulation and testing of marine lubricants.
Dr Cassandra Higham of Castrol examines how environmental compliance and the global focus on sustainability is driving an evolution in marine lubricants.
Matthew Bentley of Lubrizol explains why high-performance lubricants are likely to be key to widespread use of biofuels in marine applications.
Biofuels
Carlos Giner, Bunker Director at Cepsa, highlights the importance of marine biofuels for the energy transition.
Bio-LNG
Bio-LNG is one of the cheapest and most readily scalable sustainable alternative marine fuels, says Steve Esau of SEA-LNG, and it could play a major role in shipping’s decarbonisation.
Electric Propulsion
Artemis Technologies’ David Tyler tells Ian Taylor why the company’s Artemis eFoiler system could be a game-changer for electric propulsion in the maritime sector.
Hybrid Power Technology
Gareth Burton of ABS emphasises that safety issues in relation to hybrid power must be understood and addressed.
Decarbonisation
Claudio Abbate, Chair of the Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping, reports on how the Alliance is looking to build on its work over the past five years.
Natacha Stamatiou of Environment Defense Fund Europe looks at the role that investors can play in decarbonising global shipping.
Pacific Environment’s Allyson Browne recaps on how the ‘Implementation COP’ fared on shipping’s decarbonisation.
Green Shipping Corridors
Chris Bell and Nick Ash of Arup look at how adoption of green shipping corridors can bring benefits beyond reduced carbon emissions.
Voluntary Carbon Market
Infospectrum’s Clare-Marie Dobing finds that a greater understanding of entities buying and selling carbon credits can enable bunker suppliers to effectively evaluate their approach.
Bunker Credit
Hamed Fathi of IME looks at the issues that need to be considered when assessing credit
Debt Recovery
Anthony Mollet of the Marine Fuels Alliance and Anthony Desbrousses of Marine Recoveries talk to Bunkerspot about debt recovery in the bunker industry.
