While at CMA Shipping 2019, 2-4 April, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.SAFETY4SEA interviewed Nicholas Confuorto, President & Chief Operations Officer, CR Ocean Engineering. Mr. Confuorto discussed the challenges the 2020 regulations will bring to the maritime industry, while stressing that marine scrubbers means real savings for shippers. ********** About CR Ocean […]
By Lesley Bankes-Hughes— However, the transition to a 0.5% global sulphur cap ‘could take two to three years and will cost us all money,’ notes Robin Meech, MD of Marine & Energy Consulting. Addressing delegates on the opening day of the Middle East Bunkering Convention in Dubai, Meech gave a useful […]
Reprinted from BunkerWorld. High sulfur fuel oil has to be at least $200/mt cheaper than 0.5% low sulfur fuel oil or 0.1% marine gasoil to incentivize shipowners to install scrubbers, shipowners said Tuesday at the International Fujairah Bunkering & Fuel Oil Forum. “The bigger the spread between high sulfur fuel […]
We reprint below excerpts of a Ship & Bunker interview with CR Ocean Engineering Chief Operations Officer and President Nick Confuorto, where he discusses scrubber technology. Mr. Confuorto says that scrubber prices are undergoing changes and, for that reason, this is the best time to invest in a CROE scrubber […]
Below, we link to two articles published by Ship & Bunker where Nick Confuorto, CR Ocean Engineering’s President and Chief Operations Officer, discusses the effectiveness of marine exhaust gas scrubbers and their economic benefits in light of the 2020 new caps on sulfur emissions. Scrubbers are one step ahead of […]
As a growing share of trade routes shift from air and land to the world’s oceans, nations have mobilized to limit carbon emissions and thus protect the marime environment. Emission Control Areas (ECAs), also known as Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), were established to impose stricter controls seeking to minimize airborne emissions (SOx, NOx, ODS, […]
The recent announcement of a CR Ocean Engineering exhaust scrubber system contract with Finnish company Bore, Ltd made industry headlines.. Below, a partial list of the publications that featured the item. BUNKER INDEX: Bore Ltd orders scrubber system MARINE LOG: Finnish operator orders CROE scrubber NJ Biz: CR Ocean Engineering Gets Order for […]
Speaking about the new International Maritime Organization global emissions caps affecting world shipping, BP Singapore Country President Terence Yuen voiced strong support for scrubber technology, according to a note published in Platts. His remarks, delivered at the 18th Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition held 14-17 October, highlighted the money-saving advantages of using maritime scrubbers to […]
