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The company has announced the launch of a new service centre in Savannah, Georgia.

It’s been a busy 12 months for Ecoslops. The technology company that upgrades slops into new fuels has announced a number of new developments, including an agreement to establish a micro-refinery unit in the south of France and an additional unit in the Port of Antwerp. Bunkerspot caught up with the group’s CEO, Vincent Favier, to find out more.

Some 556 vessels called for bunkers at the port in May, 93 more than in April.

According to the results of a study on the demand and social perception of LNG produced by CORE LNGas, developing a European network of LNG refuelling stations ‘would motivate the market’.

The Danish port is seeing historically high levels of business demand and is preparing the way for growth in the run up to 2030.

The global marine fuel and lubricant trading firm has appointed bunker and lubricant trader Boriss Kaigorodovs to its UK office.

Fuel costs per metric tonne (mt) consumed rose from $243 in Q2 2016 to $374 in the same period in 2017.

The emissions reduction objectives laid out in a proposal submitted by BIMCO, INTERCARGO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and INTERTANKO, ‘lack the ambition that the world expects of the shipping industry,' says Maurice Meehan, Director of Global Shipping Operations, Carbon War Room.

Japan Engine Corporation (J-ENG) says the engine, which is being developed ahead of the introduction of the 2020 0.5% global sulphur cap, will ready for market launch in March 2019.

The companies will use real time navigation and equipment data to develop monitoring and support technology for commercial applications.