Marine

IMO 2020 Causes Shift to Low-Sulfur Fuels

IMO 2020 Causes Shift to Low-Sulfur Fuels

Lube Report EMEA - May 22, 2020

Maritime emissions regulations that took effect at the start of this year led the shipping to shift to low-sulfur fuel o ...

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Study Plugs Scrubbers for IMO 2020

Lube Report EMEA - August 13, 2019

A Norwegian research group recently stated that overall emissions of greenhouse gases would be lower if ships installed ...

Gauging Lube Impacts of New Marine Fuels

Gauging Lube Impacts of New Marine Fuels

Lube Report EMEA - May 28, 2019

Seventy-two percent of vessels are projected to use very-low-sulfur fuel oil after the International Maritime Organizati ...

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Aegean Emerges from Chapter 11

Lube Report EMEA - April 9, 2019

Marine fuels and lubricants supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring last week und ...

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Marine Lube Market: Challenging But Growing

Lube Report EMEA - January 8, 2019

Marine lubricant marketers and their customers face several significant challenges in coming years, but the market is gr ...

VGP Impacted Global Marine Lubes Market

VGP Impacted Global Marine Lubes Market

Lube Report EMEA - October 9, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Vessel General Permit created a global standard that has drastically affected ...

Uncertainty Rules the High Seas

Uncertainty Rules the High Seas

Lube Report EMEA - October 2, 2018

Uncertainty looms over the future of marine lubricants as the shipping industry looks to cut costs and regulations come ...

Ship Breakdowns Blamed on Lube Failures

Ship Breakdowns Blamed on Lube Failures

Lube Report EMEA - July 31, 2018

Marine mutual insurer Swedish Club found in a report on main engine damage that lubrication failure was the most expensi ...

Marine Lubes Market Under Pressure

Marine Lubes Market Under Pressure

Lube Report EMEA - May 1, 2018

Chinas Belt and Road Initiative is set to disrupt the 2.3 million metric ton global marine lubricants market as investme ...

Study Puts EALs in Spotlight

Study Puts EALs in Spotlight

Lube Report EMEA - January 23, 2018

Marine industry classification society DNV GL, in cooperation with three marine insurers, has initiated a project to stu ...

Prepare Now for Marpol Sulfur Cuts

Prepare Now for Marpol Sulfur Cuts

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2018

Starting Jan. 1, 2020 - just two years away - new pollution regulations will cap marine fuel sulfur at just 0.5 percent ...