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An investigation by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) revealed more than 2,500 violations by the company across its Oakland and LA/LB fleets for failing to reduce auxiliary engine power generation by at least 50% and for exceeding limits for auxiliary engine run time as required by the At-Berth regulation.

For each large ship at berth for 60 hours, it is estimated that over 95 tonnes of air pollutants and greenhouse emissions will be eliminated from the port through the technology.

The 321,050 metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel delivered at the Panama Canal during October is the lowest monthly total of the year.

Latin America is worried about 2020 – there has been little nvestment in refinery upgrades because of a shortage of capital, and the continent is a major importer of diesel, which will become more expensive due to IMO 2020, Adrian Tolson told delegates at this week’s Maritime Symposium in Santiago.

From 1 December, the company will deploy two tankers to supply in Jamaican ports, off Jamaica and Trinidad.

‘For shipowners, the journey toward compliance will not be straightforward and it certainly won’t come cheap,’ said Lord Mountevens, Vice Chairman of Maritime UK, in his keynote speech delivered at the opening of a high-level shipping and trade conference in Santiago.

Chembulk Ocean Transport has filed a complaint against World Fuel Services after the main engine on one of its vessels stopped after taking on fuel oil bunkers at the US Gulf port.

Avin International Ltd and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by the oil tanker M/T Nicos I.V.

Third in a series of four product carriers, Paul A. Desgagnés can be powered by oil-based fuels, including heavy fuel oil and marine diesel oil, or LNG.

The beleaguered bunker supplier has not filed an appeal against the delisting after the New York Stock Exchange signalled its intention on 6 November to remove Aegean stock.