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The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) was formed in 1992 to provide an international forum to address the concerns of all sectors of the bunker industry. Today, it provides a central point of information and training for the entire industry, including suppliers, buyers, traders and related services.
World Bunkering features news, views and comments on all aspects of the bunker industry, from technical developments to commercial management, as well as exclusive previews and reports from IBIA events.
Industry News
banle energy launches its first biofuel bunkering operation in hong kong
Hong Kong July 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – On July 14, 2023, Banle Energy International Limited, a subsidiary of CBL International Limited (NASDAQ: BANL) (the “Company”), partnering with ASB Biodiesel (Hong Kong) Limited and Seven Seas Oil (Hong Kong) Limited completed our very first B24 biofuel bunkering operation in Hong Kong, with Saybolt as an international independent inspection and testing service provider to monitor the whole process in order to ensure both quality and quantity.
latest developments from around the global marine fuel sector
One million tonnes of bunkers “are off spec” Off-specification and non-compliant
fuels, totalling more than a million tonnes a year, can cost ship operators
as much as $50,000 per incident according to a new report.
“make it more vital than ever that ship operators receive the correct advice and oversight on bunker procurement and refuelling operations”.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: HYDROGEN
Handling hydrogen safely
New study looks at challenges of bunkering liquefied hydrogen
23/12/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: LNG
LNG fleet keeps growing
590 LNG-powered ships now in service and almost the same number on order as efforts to curb methane slip ramp up
23/12/2024
EQUIPMENT & SERVICES
Mitigating FuelEU Maritime challenges
Service providers move to support shipowners navigate new EU regulations
20/12/2024
BUYING BUNKERS
Cutting costs “at source”
Online platform argues case for using auctions to buy bunkers
20/12/2024
GREEN FINANCE
Investing in emissions reduction
Major firms put money into companies dedicated to cutting shipping’s carbon profile
20/12/2024
FUEL QUALITY
Fuel quality still “critical issue”
Lloyd’s Register’s new report into the “evolving landscape of marine fuel quality and its implications for the maritime industry”
19/12/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: BIOFUELS
Overdoing it, and cashing in
Over-compliance with FuelEU Maritime through biofuel use “could generate surpluses”
18/12/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES : WIND POWER
“Growing pains inevitable”: LR
Applying Wind-Assisted Propulsion to ships “is in its late childhood” says classification society
16/12/2024
SCRUBBERS
“Future proofing”
Two new projects from Wärtsilä aim to ensure scrubbers will continue to have a role as regulatory pressures increase
12/12/2024
CHINA
Shanghai Goes Green
Over the past few months, there’s been a significant shift in China towards greener fuels, as John Rickards reports.
14/09/2024
INDIAN OCEAN / INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
In With The New
Upgraded port infrastructure is coming online in India, which should be a boost for bunkerers, as John Rickards writes
13/09/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: WIND POWER
Sucking energy savings
Autonomous suction sail technology could make big fuel savings
13/09/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: AMMONIA
Getting ready
An ammonia fuel supply system gets class approval while guidance is being developed to cope with an ammonia spill
13/09/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: TYRE RECYCLING
Fuel from tyres
Circtec and bp agree renewable drop-in marine fuel deal
12/09/2024
SINGAPORE
Record bunker sales continue
But Singapore’s sights are firmly set on decarbonisation
11/09/2024
EQUIPMENT & SERVICES
Focus on efficiency
New products aim to boost performance and manage emissions
11/09/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES : FUEL CELLS
Fuel cell retrofit
Research vessel project “shows technology ready for wider uptake”
10/09/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: HULL COATINGS
Smoothing the way
Recent developments in the hull coatings scene
26/05/2024
Africa
Cape struggles to cope
Six months of attacks on passing shipping by Yemen’s Houthis since November last year has had major effects on Africa’s bunker market, reports John Rickards
24/05/2024
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Running Dry
The sharp fall in traffic through Suez and regional tensions have made conditions tough for the Eastern Med’s bunkerers, John Rickards writes
22/05/2024
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: FUEL CELLS
Zero emissions
Fuel cells power ferry and boutique cruise ship newbuilds
20/05/2024
SCRUBBERS
Scrubbers: an evolving story
Scrubbers are not new, and they are likely to be around for the foreseeable future
18/05/2024
SANCTIONS
Lighting up the Dark Fleet
Sanctions imposed on Iran, Russia and Venezuela have led to a parallel world where oil from those countries is traded in the shadows
ALTERNATIVE FUELS: HYDROGEN
Hydrogen, latest developments
A round-up of the hydrogen marine fuel scene
INNOVATION
Boosting efficiency with hydrogen
Catalyst system reduces emissions and cuts fuel consumption
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: CARBON CAPTURE
Building a CO2 infrastructure
Carbon capture projects are well under way but for them to be viable the captured carbon needs to be either permanently locked away or put to good use in industrial processes
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: NUCLEAR POWER
Nuclear propulsion R&D project
Classification society, shipping company and shipyard in joint development project with nuclear engineering company for R&D of nuclear-propelled ships
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: FUEL CELLS
Fuel cell developments
Fuel cell-powered box ships to operate northern European route
ALTERNATIVE FUELS: LNG
“Go with LNG!”
SEA-LNG puts its case that LNG is the best fuel pathway to net zero
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: AMMONIA
Safety first
New certification and safety standards set course for development of ammonia as marine fuel
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & TECHNOLOGIES: WIND POWER
Harnessing the wind
Latest trials and installations of wind-assist systems
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