One of our team members self embarked a ship in Greece a few days ago, to complete a 3D scan & survey for BWTS retrofitting. Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, our team has been ready to work. We have been of great support to our clients, colleagues and business partners during this crisis.

Albion Marine Engine Experts team was working onsite last weekend to provide emergency main bearing replacement on a mammoth 10S90ME engine. Our team arrived onboard within a few hours of notice. The team returned back past Monday midnight, having successfully completed the job well before vessel’s morning departure. The job was executed at one of the largest container terminals on west coast of North America - Delta port, BC with the vessel being a part of one of the world’s largest container carrier fleets.

The deadline for manufacturers to get the IMO BWMS Code type approval, also known as G8, is getting close. This approval was issued on 21st September 2018 and includes no operational limitations of the BWMS in terms of salinities, water temperatures or holding times. For shipowners who have trades outside the US will be affected by this once it comes into effect on the 28 of October 2020. Read our article here

Biofuels may not become the zero-carbon solution of choice in the shipping industry’s decarbonization process in the longer term, but could have a significant role to play to accelerate the process. In a recent article DNV GL summarizes the regulatory issues, safety and other operational issues faced by those using these new fuels or fuel blends. One of numerous possible ways to comply with the IMO’s strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships is to use biofuels or biofuel blends. Biofuels have very low sulphur levels and low CO2 emissions, as such they are a technically viable solution in meeting some of the current and future emission requirements. However, their NOx emissions might be higher than with fossil diesel oils and another immediate challenge is that the shipping sector still have limited knowledge on handling and applying biofuels as part of their fuel supply. Read more: Gard