Bunkering

DHT Holdings has saved $14.6m in bunkering from fitting scrubbers on 12 of its vessels to comply with IMO 2020, but six more retrofits face delays of an uncertain length due to the impact of the coronavirus on Chinese yards.

Trading houses Trafigura and Mercuria, and oil services firm GP Global have applied for bunker supplier licences to operate in Singapore, reports said.

DNV GL has developed and introduced a new online bunkering tool to help operators with the use of LNG as fuel from order through to delivery.

German carrier Hapag-Lloyd has embarked on the use of biofuel as marine fuel as part of the company’s efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from its ships.

Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) and European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement with financing of up to EUR20m ($22m) to construct the first LNG bunkering vessel for use in Piraeus, Greece.

A new report just released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that using LNG for bunkers may not be as beneficial as previously thought. In fact, on a lifecycle basis, LNG as a marine fuel may have little impact...

As questions are raised about the environmental impact of very low sulphur fuels that comply with the IMO 2020 regulation some Greek shipping executives believe that LNG or even nuclear power would be a cleaner option for the future.