Regulations Posted on October 29, 2018 MARPOL amendment to prohibit carriage of non-compliant fuel oil for combustion purposes An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted...
Lubricants Posted on October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 ExxonMobil announces Mobilgard™ 540 designed for IMO’s lower sulphur fuels limit of 0.5% ExxonMobil has developed a newly formulated 40BN cylinder oil, Mobilgard™ 540, which is designed for the low-sulphur fuels the...
Transport Fuels Posted on September 5, 2018 SK Innovation subsidiary SK Trading International to expand low-sulfur fuel production SK Innovation, South Korea’s largest oil refiner, said it would expand production of low-sulfur fuel through its subsidiary SK...
Transport Fuels Posted on August 28, 2018 Shell Global Marine conducts trials for new 0.50% sulphur marine fuel oil Shell’s global marine fuels network has initiated testing for its new 0.50% very low sulphur marine fuel oil (VLSFO)...
Transport Fuels Posted on August 22, 2018 Maersk and Vopak to launch 0.5% sulphur fuel bunkering facility in Rotterdam A.P. Moller – Maersk and Royal Vopak, an independent tank storage operator active in the heart of Rotterdam’s bunker...
Regulations Posted on February 7, 2018 IMO meets this week in London The 0.50% limit on sulphur in fuel oil on board ships outside designated emission control areas will come into...
Regulations Posted on January 29, 2018 Taiwan announces low-sulfur fuel oil regulations effective January 1, 2019 Taiwan is trying to stay ahead of the curve in controlling air pollution from ships, with the Ministry of...
Refining Posted on November 8, 2017 SK to build 40,000 bpd desulfurization unit at Ulsan refinery SK Innovation, South Korea’s largest oil refiner, announced an investment of KRW1 trillion (USD897 million) in a desulfurization unit...
Regulations Posted on October 31, 2016 IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulphur fuel oil requirement In a landmark decision for both the environment and human health, 1 January 2020 has been set as the...
Transport Fuels Posted on June 9, 2016 Worldwide sulphur cap expected by 2020, says MAN’s Jacobsen Dorthe Jacobsen, senior research engineer based in Copenhagen, Denmark, at MAN Diesel & Turbo, two-stroke, gave an outlook on...