The Shipping Industry Needs Further Development of Marine Lubes for Engines Running on Conventional Fuels

Shipping accounts for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions and with global trade increasing, it is on track to be 10% by 2050 with no intervention. To coun ...

Raj Shah and Bob Fang explore new research on environmentally acceptable lubricants that can be used as antifouling agents and stern tube lubricants.

Kline & Co. explains how technological advances, environmental legislation and evolving market dynamics are transforming the maritime industry.

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant in Tianjin, China.

Chevron Marine Lubricants will extend its global supply network to Port Elizabeth in South Africa, allowing it to supply ships trying to avoid conflic ...

Spain’s lubricant demand rebounded in the second half of 2023 to finish ahead of 2022 levels, the Spain Lubricants Association reported last month.

Sinopec’s finished lubricant arm has completed the main parts of the first phase of an expansion and upgrade of its factory in Tianjin, China – a ...

The push to halt climate change is causing the shipping industry to shift to new types of fuels, and industry stakeholders should collaborate to deter ...

The hybrid ferry P&O Pioneer set sail on the Dover Calais route. Operator P&O claims the £111 million ship could save 40% CO2 emissions.

Italian energy company Eni said in its annual report that its wholesale lubricant sales in Italy fell 38% and that its combined retail and wholesale s ...

Wind assistance is one of the ways by which the commercial maritime industry will reduce its emissions in the next decade. What might this development ...

A collaborative initiative collected 15% more used marine oils in the first nine months of this year in Italy’s Ostia port area than in the same per ...

The emerging era of new ship engine designs and the mosaic of interim and future fuels that are part of shipping’s transition towards decarbonizatio ...

As marine engine manufacturers develop equipment that can run on ammonia, it has become clear they will require modified lubricant formulations to add ...

The United States exported 33% more and imported more than 110% more automotive, diesel and marine engine lubricating oils in 2021 than the country di ...

As engine technology and emissions requirements in the marine sector continually shift, lubricants must keep pace. What kinds of lubricants are best f ...

A 2020 emissions regulation that caused ship operators to transition to cylinder oils with lower base numbers had less impact on 4-stroke trunk piston ...

Maritime emissions regulations introduced in 2020 caused ship operators to transition to cylinder oils with lower base numbers of 40 and led a market- ...