A usual trend has been emerging of late in the demolition market, with more ship owners hesitating to sell their older carriers for demolition, after the recent rise in dry bulk rates. However, even before this, 2019 has been a lackluster year for ship…
Demolition Market Needs to Pick Up for Rates’ Rise to Be Sustainable Read More »
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has the potential to transform the maritime equipment supply chain. With the adoption of technology enabling printing in metal, vital spare parts and system components can now be printed on demand in locations ar…
Testing the potential of additive manufacturing Read More »
It is true that shipping, along with aviation, is probably the most difficult sector in transport to fully decarbonise. One would assume that the EU is running discussions at high speed to bring the emissions of shipping, one of the largest greenhouse …
Bellona demonstrates Zero-Emission Solution for Shipping Read More »
Product tanker owners could be set for a new tanker play, with US reportedly resorting to gasoline imports, on the back of the recent events with the explosion at Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ (PES) 335,000 b/d Philly refinery. This has come at an opp…
New Tanker Plays Emerge After Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Read More »
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot talks about the controversial adoption of exhaust gas cleaning systems ahead of IMO 2020. “To scrub, or not to scrub” is a question that I get asked quite frequently in this job. It’s certainly a co…
To scrub, or not to scrub? That is the question… Read More »