Bunkering

The world’s second largest container shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the Hydrogen Council, which seeks to develop hydrogen fuel solutions, as a steering member.

Shippers should prepare for an increase in the Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) as carriers are anticipated to raise BAF from March onwards, in line with the continuing upward trend in the price of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), according to...

Chinese shipbuilder Wuhu Shipyard signed asphalt/oil tanker vessel contract with the European shipowner Continental Bitumen.

Port Hedland in Western Australia welcomed its first LNG fuelled bulker this week in the shape of the capesize HL Green.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has delivered Singapore’s first LNG bunker tanker to LNG bunker supplier FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel O&M and Shell Eastern Petroleum.

Hapag-Lloyd has placed a $1bn order for six, LNG dual-fuel, 23,500 teu containerships at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME).

The use of LNG as a marine fuel and the development of LNG bunkering facilities and assets have increasingly and tangibly made their way into shipping over the past year, putting LNG at the forefront of being a viable alternative fuel for shipping.