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The acquisition will help Total to become a 3 Mboe/d major by 2019, says Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné.

The FIJI instrument is said to be a ‘quick and simple screening test’ which indicates ppm or mg/kg levels of FAME in a fuel sample.

The company has been awarded the contract for energy storage aboard the electric fish farm vessel Elfrida.

Following a recent FOBAS alert over high levels of Al+Si in bunker samples taken in Fujairah, the fuel treatment specialist flags up the potential impact on vessel operations.

Marine fuel expenses for the first six months of the year increased by 23.3% to €23.2 million compared to €18.8 million for same period in 2016.

The Quadriga, an initiative developed by Hamburg-based Sailing Cargo, is seeking to build a 170-metre car carrier which would operate on hybrid propulsion with sails and diesel-electric engines.

The Danish bunker company has hired four bunker traders and four trainee traders across its offices in Denmark, Cyprus, and Singapore.

‘Areas like Singapore, ARA, Fujairah; these have developed into extremely competitive markets, not only for Aegean, but for all physical suppliers present in those markets,’ says new Aegean Marine President, Jonathan Mcilroy.

The Singapore-headquartered trading firm has officially launched operations in Nigeria today (15 August), and says it is exploring additional opportunities in West African ports, as well as other global locations.

‘We’re moving assets out of congested areas, where they are underutilised or underperforming, and moving them to other areas within the network where they can be better utilised and with higher margins,’ says recently appointed President, Jonathan Mcilroy.