Bunkering

Wartsila has developed a customised solution for four LNG-fuelled short-sea cargo vessels ordered by Netherlands-based Wijnne & Barends Chartering, an affiliate of the Dutch Spliethoff Group.

The Chinese authorities have caught two vessels for low sulphur fuel violations, the first reported cases of breaches of IMO 2020.

At times in the year running up to the start of the IMO 2020 global 0.5% sulphur cap on marine fuel it felt like a constant refrain of “the sky is falling, the sky is falling” from the shipping industry.

With the coming into force of IMO 2020 very low sulphur fuel oil (VLFSO) prices have surged since mid-December nullifying the discount to marine gas oil (MGO).

Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co has delivered a first LNG fuel supply system, the Fuel Gas Supply System (FGSS), for dual fuel marine engines.

Leading Chinese marine fuel suppliers Chimbusco, PetroChina and Sinopec Corp have penned agreements to procure very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) from international companies including Shell in preparation for IMO 2020.

Japan carriers NYK and MOL have entered into agreements with compatriot Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) on the deployment of the world’s first LNG-fuelled large coal carriers.