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John Ghio has been promoted to the role of Marine Officer at the Mediterranean port.

‘I’m obviously hoping that we’re going to see a scenario that we did in the Q1 of [20]15 where suddenly the oil ships were worth a lot and a lot went on storage,’ says Robert Hvide Macleod.

In its 2018 Energy Transition Outlook, DNV GL notes that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will remain the main global supplier of oil and gas for decades ahead.

The Bermuda-based tanker company believes the 2020 shake-up of the global marine fuels market raises the potential for increased floating storage demand in both the crude and product segments.

The Greece-headquartered tanker company believes inventory stocking of alternatives to traditional bunker fuel could trigger a rise in MR2 tanker demand.

‘Advanced investigation and having the ability to support and test theories and hypotheses through scientific validation is absolutely essential in today’s increasingly litigious environment,’ says Chris Dyson, who is heading up a newly-formed London-based marine team as part of the global multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm, Exponent.

Daniela Bahr has been appointed Head of Operations at the company’s Geneva office.

The 180,000-ton XL vessel, under construction at Finland’s Meyer Turku yard, will be the first LNG-fuelled cruise ship to operate in North America.

Coordinated by Enagás, the ‘LNGHIVE2: Infrastructure and Logistics Solutions’ project aims to boost the use of LNG as a fuel for maritime and rail transport.

Blockchain technology is described as a ‘business disruptor’, bringing increased transparency and traceability into global supply chains. Lesley Bankes-Hughes offers a progress report on the work of a cross-sector initiative to introduce blockchain into marine fuel supply operations and commercial transactions.