Fuels & Lubricants

Ship owners should order compliant fuel early and begin implementation planning for the 2020 sulphur limit, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned.

Chevron Marine Lubricants is to phase in a new range of cylinder lubrication from early 2019 in preparation for the post-2020 fuel mix.

Japanese liner alliance One Network Express (ONE) has revealed that it will use very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) as its main compliance option for IMO’s 2020 Marine Sulphur Rule.

Harnessing clean electricity to produce combustible fuels will be a ‘game changer’ as the industry strives to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 according to Frank Starke, CEO of Caterpillar Motoren.

MAN Energy Solutions has launched its first two-stroke engine capable of burning liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) following Friday’s announcement that BW LPG will be the first to retrofit the new engine type.

BW LPG has signed contracts for the delivery and retrofitting of four dual-fuel engines burning liquid petroleum gas (LPG), the first such conversions in the world.

Shell has initiated testing for its new 0.50% very low sulphur marine fuel oil (VLSFO) in preparation for the IMO’s 2020 0.50% global sulphur cap.

A.P. Moller Maersk and Royal Vopak have signed an agreement to create a 0.5% sulphur bunkering facility at the port to aid future compliance.

Shipowners can save space, effort and costs with FuelSave’s new containerised version of its engine optimisation and emissions abatement system.

The Motorship will host its fifth ExxonMobil roundtable at SMM on 5 September. Ahead of that meeting Iain White, Global Field Engineering Manager, ExxonMobil discusses challenges facing ship operators’ post 2020.