Americas News

In a letter sent to US President Joe Biden on World Maritime Day yesterday (29 September), a group of 32 organisations spearheaded by Ocean Conservancy called on the administration to issue an Executive Order to decarbonise maritime shipping.

Seapath and Pilot LNG have announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) to develop, construct, and operate the first dedicated LNG bunkering facility in the Galveston Bay area.

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low sulphur marine gasoil (LSMGO) prices rose week-on-week in Houston, according to Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) data.

Vopak says that the work undertaken on 22 tanks at its terminal at the Port of Los Angeles is ‘a clear example of how storage capacity used for traditional products can be repurposed to store the products of the future’.

The collaboration marks the first anchorage bunker operation in Brazil, supplying very low sulphur fuel oil and low sulphur marine gasoil, and talks are also currently underway with FAME producers about the potential to offer biofuel at the location, a Bunker One spokesperson tells Bunkerspot.

As part of a $12 million package of Marine Highway Programme (USMHP) funding announced last week, the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded Lake Michigan Carferry Inc. $600,000 to support a zero-emission/carbon capture feasibility analysis on converting the coal-fired steamship SS Badger to a zero-emission ferry vessel.

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low sulphur marine gasoil (LSMGO) prices fell week-on-week in Houston, according to Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) data.

Danish bunker company Monjasa has announced it has added a monthly capacity of 5,000-7,000 metric tonnes of 2nd generation biofuel blends at the Colombian port of Cartagena.

OCI Global is planning to double its green methanol production capacity to approximately 400,000 metric tonnes per year.

Air pollution emissions at the Port of Long Beach decreased in all categories in 2022.