Cryostar and KC LNG have been awarded a contract to build an LNG ship and truck fuelling facility which will allow Fluxys, G&V, Titan LNG and Rolande to substantially expand the LNG supply options at quay 526/528 in the Port of Antwerp.

Proven failure to comply with in-force sulphur regulations could result in vessel detention or the imposition of civil penalties; the US Coast Guard may also refer such cases to the Environmental Protection Agency for administrative enforcement or to the US Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.

BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Analyst Peter Sand reports that the spread between high and low sulphur fuel, which widened towards record-breaking territory around the implementation deadline of IMO2020, has now ‘started to narrow slightly’.