Americas News

Royston has appointed Standard Calibrations Inc. (SCI) as a new US distributor for its enginei electronic fuel management systems (EFMS).

Enterprise Products Partners is reported to be considering the sale of its 50% interest in Eagle Ford Terminals Corpus Christi, a joint venture with terminal operator Plains All American Pipeline LP.

Port of Oakland Commissioners have approved an air quality plan which aims to ‘drastically’ reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the port’s maritime operations.

Capital Ship Management Corporation and two chief engineers of one of its ships have been named in a five-count federal indictment charging them with failing to record the illegal dumping of oily waste into international waters and then obstructing justice by ordering the ship’s crew to lie about it.

Matson has christened its new dual-fuel container/roll-on, roll-off (con-ro) ship Lurline at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has published a proposal to modify its tolls structure for a wide range of commerce vessels using the waterway.

Canada-based Atlantic Towing is buying a hybrid electric platform supply vessel from Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology.

Howard Energy Partners (HEP) has concluded bulk liquid storage expansions at Port Arthur and the Port of Corpus Christi, which lift its Gulf Coast terminal storage capacity to 2.6 million barrels.

The company has invited offers for its stocks of Shell lubricants, oils and greases at its Newport East facility in Kingston.

US crude oil imports from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) totalled 1.5 million barrels per day (b/d), the lowest volume since March 1986, says the Energy Information Administration.