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The 100% distillate product will be, on average, approximately $25 per metric tonne cheaper than DMA 0.1% gasoil.

The Ecodelta, which is under construction at the Dutch Barkmeijer shipyard, is expected to be delivered to its owner Van de Kamp in 2018.

‘What we are unveiling … is an initial illustration of this dynamic, which I hope will spread across our maritime economy, leading to similar agreements in other sectors, particularly ports,’ said Alain Vidalies, French Secretary of State for Transport, the Sea and Fisheries

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is one of the focal points at this week’s International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Annual Convention in Gibraltar.

‘The European Union should also build trust by aligning its MRV Regulation on the monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions to the global data collection system agreed in IMO,’ commented Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary General.

SENER is in charge of the basic and detail engineering for two double-hulled ships which will collect liquid oily waste from ships and solid waste in compliance with MARPOL regulations.

Klaipedos Nafta says it has received notification from the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of a grant agreement for ‘Blue Baltics’, a project which aims to expand the LNG bunkering network across the Baltic Sea.

New facilities will include the construction by SEA-Tank Terminal of a tank terminal ‘on behalf of a major world player that aims to use the Port of Antwerp as a base for import, export and transit of all its petroleum products in the ARA range.’

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said that nine foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during October 2016 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspections.

Yara Marine Technologies (Yara) has been awarded a contract for the supply of scrubber systems on four container feeder vessels that will be operated by Jüngerhans Maritime Services GmbH & Co.