Conventional Fuels & Oils

OPINION

OPINION

To meet the IMO’s emissions reduction targets, maritime industry commitment must extend to delivering greater data transparency and measurable action to prevent decarb projects from becoming mere exercises in optics, writes Esteve Servajean, head of marine, Aderco.

8th June 2026

Moving sustainability beyond an exercise in optics

8th June 2026

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Tideform has relaunched its marine fuel intelligence platform with an AI-powered agent to improve real-time decision-making across the commercial shipping sector. 

17th March 2026

Sharper bunkering decisions using AI

17th March 2026

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

ALTERNATIVE FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) for its next-generation 210,000 DWT Newcastlemax bulk carrier design.

28th July 2025

HD KSOE awarded AiP for Newcastlemax

28th July 2025

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

One outcome from the fuel uncertainties resulting from the Middle East crisis of 1973/4 (what’s new?) that had subsided by the time the July 1974 edition of The Motor Ship was published, was that…

23rd July 2024

Fuel cost savings brought to the fore

23rd July 2024

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has announced that it conducted its first digital bunker delivery for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) in Singapore in early February. The introduction of digitalisation is expected to boosting the efficiency…

29th February 2024

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels Completes First Digital Bunker Operation in Singapore

29th February 2024

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

COSCO Shipping and bp have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of topics.

7th December 2023

COSCO Shipping and bp forge closer ties

7th December 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

The crews on the REM PSV fleet have recently carried a campaign to increase fuel efficiency, which resulted in a 9.8% increase in fuel efficiency over the course of three months. This produced 1,700 tons…

16th November 2023

Offshore owner achieves near 10% fuel efficiency gains

16th November 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Following a five month-long trial, the use of a fuel conditioner reduced marine diesel consumption in a two-stroke marine diesel engine by more than 5% in real world conditions.

24th October 2023

Fuel conditioner trial results indicate 5% fuel saving

24th October 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Chevron Marine Products’ Taro Ultra Advanced 40 oil has successfully passed NOL (No Objection Letter) requirements by engine manufacturer WinGD.

5th October 2023

Chevron’s Taro Ultra Advanced 40 received WinGD NOL

5th October 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Infineum has announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with World Fuel Services. World Fuel Services will act as the global distributor for Infineum’s Marine Fuel Additives product line.

7th August 2023

Infineum appoints World Fuel Services as global distributor

7th August 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

VPS has released an update to its 10 July 2023 advisory warning about a marine fuel contamination issue in Houston.

7th August 2023

Update on recent Houston bunker contamination issue

7th August 2023

REGULATION

REGULATION

Proposals to designate the Canadian Arctic, the North-East Atlantic Ocean and the remaining Norwegian coast not already covered by existing ECAs as Emissions Control Areas are likely to be submitted to the IMO’s next…

12th July 2023

New ECA proposals to be submitted at MEPC 81

12th July 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

A contamination that has caused fuel system and engine problems on 11 vessels that took on bunkers in Houston between March and May has been identified by Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS).

11th July 2023

Bunker contamination issue linked to Houston supplier

11th July 2023

BIOFUELS

BIOFUELS

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement to supply Hapag-Lloyd with B30 marine bio fuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.

25th May 2023

ExxonMobil inks B30 biofuel ARA supply deal with Hapag-Lloyd

25th May 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

VPS, the global marine fuel and oil testing advisory company, has opened a new Oil Condition Monitoring (OCM) Laboratory in Singapore.

19th April 2023

​VPS Opens New Laboratory in Singapore

19th April 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

Castrol has begun to make its new marine cylinder oil – Castrol Cyltech 40 XDC (eXtra Deposit Control) – available across key shipping hubs in South Korea, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and…

9th March 2023

Castrol begins global rollout of new Cat II cylinder oil

9th March 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

A major Mexican ship-owner has awarded a contract for the installation of an Electronic Fuel Monitoring System (EFMS) to Ascenz, a GTT Digital company. The contract is the first for the GTT subsidiary in…

17th January 2023

First EFMS installation in Americas for Ascenz

17th January 2023

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

ExxonMobil has transferred some of its Mobil Delvac lubricating oils over into the MobilGard family for its marine customers ahead of likely reformulations that will help ensure vessel operators remain compliant with…

17th November 2022

ExxonMobil brings certain Mobil Delvac lubes under MobilGard range

17th November 2022

REGULATION

REGULATION

The 106th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 106) was held in London, UK, from 2 to 11 November and adopted changes relating to bunker delivery notes, surveys and inclinometers.

14th November 2022

MSC106 requires flashpoint on bunker delivery note

14th November 2022

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

CONVENTIONAL FUELS & OILS

The wholly-owned subsidiaries of Shell plc, Shell U.K., Pennzoil-Quaker State Company and Shell Aviation Sweden AB, have entered into agreements to acquire the environmentally considerate/acceptable lubricants (ECLs or EALs) business of the…

7th November 2022

Shell to buy Panolin EAL business

7th November 2022