Rising costs and fluctuations in feedstock quality make blending low-cost; on-specification bunker fuel difficult and many suppliers produce higher specification products than needed.� A Jiskoot in-line blender can save between $1 and $5 a tonne by minimising the distillate give away.

The purpose of this Marine Notice is to advise owners and operators of ocean-going vessels of the recordkeeping requirements in subsection (e)(2),“Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Monitoring Requirements” in California’s regulation establishing fuel sulfur requirements for ocean-going vessels (“regulation”). This regulation imposes fuel sulfur limits on vessels in Regulated California Waters (a zone approximately 24 nautical miles seaward of the California baseline; see Attachment A), or moor, dock, or otherwise visit a California port, roadstead, or terminal facility (“port”).

Prices have doubled this year to the equivalent of $66.47 a barrel in Singapore, approaching the $70.30 of Arab Light crude, which has been more expensive since July 2003. Fuel oil output at refineries in the developed world fell 18 percent in April from a year earlier, the International Energy Agency estimates. China’s imports climbed 46 percent in June from a year earlier, Barclays Capital said in a July 22 report.

According to one of the options the sulphur cap for fuel used in SECAs is to be 1.00% from early in 2010, dropping to 0.10% in 2015, and for the global sulphur cap to be reduced to 0.50% from 2018......

We are, perhaps, being lulled into a false sense of security over the issue of fuel prices. Oil prices have come tumbling down, partly because of the credit crunch but also because the speculators who were trading as if it was nothing more than a commodity, have moved on elsewhere.

Petrobras’ Social& Environmental Balance has just been rated, for the third year in a row, as“notable and an example to be followed,” as per the criteria delineated by the UN’s Global Compact. The publication was qualified as a Notable Communication on Progress based on the following criteria:

BV works on fuel cell guidelinesClassification society Bureau Veritas is developing comprehensive new guidelines covering the safe application of fuel cells in ships. Fuel cells convert the chemical energy of a fuel, for example hydrogen-rich gases, into D.C power.

The bunker surcharge for tugs at Sullom Voe will be reduced to£100 (about $143) per tug per movement, and to £30 (about $43) per hour where applicable, from March 1, 2009, reports the GAC shipping agency.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW) announced that Horizon Tangiers Terminal S.A. (HTTSA), a special purpose consortium, has named Aegean as the exclusive bunkering company for the new port in Tangiers, Morocco.

Earlier today (January 6, 2009) following the total natural gas cut of supplies from Russia through Ukraine, Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov, announced that Bulgaria will reopen one of the� power plants closed several years ago after the notorious accident which resulted to large amounts of radioactivity spread in the area. Bulgaria had closed.......

The Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) adopted a charter with an agreement reached to set up an executive office and a Doha-based secretariat. A so-called Gas-OPEC will be created on the base of GECF, which includes 16 states such as Algeria, Iran, Qatar, Venezuela, Indonesia, Nigeria and others...

Leading fuel testing agency Lintec Testing Services has warned that three fuel oil samples taken recently from vessels that have bunkered in Riga, Latvia, have shown the presence of Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD), a synthetic substance not naturally occurring within marine fuel.

New tankage part of construction project. Ships calling at the new crude oil terminal to be built at the Port of Los Angeles will be required to adopt new emissions-reducing measures. All ships calling at the new Berth 408 will be required to use 0.2% low-sulphur fuel in all engines on inbound and outbound legs and while at berth.

Calculation: Pitch Circle Diameter (A) - Bolt Hole Diameter (C) = X
Select the nearest size Bunker Sampler with an outer diameter smaller than X and an inner diameter larger than the Nominal Pipe Size (B).

Newbuilds risk obsolescence in an era of high bunker prices, says industry observer.

Pilot and chief officer questioned by Norwegian police.

Maritime focus for up-coming event in the Middle East.

The convention enters into force November 21.

Cement carrier aground in Norwegian fjord has punctured bunker tank.

Study to forecast demand and quality of bunker fuel for the next 20 years.

Politicians believe it 'sends a clear message that serious action is possible'.

Study reveals interest in energy saving devices.

Issue of melting icecaps exposes 'dangerous indifference to climate change'.

Pirates control vessel carrying two million barrels of crude oil.

Cement carrier listing in Oslo Fjord.

Agency to follow mandates as quickly as possible, following MARPOL Annex VI ratification.

New tenders fill in the 'gaps' in pollution response network.

Unit will focus on products that reduce emissions and improve efficiency.

System last used when two fuel barges collided in Tampa Bay area.