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New 1500 M3/H UV Reactor for Pureballast 3 TANKEROperator NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2018 www.tankeroperator.com Optimized for large flows New 1500 m3/h UV reactor for PureBallast 3 Alfa Laval PureBallast 3, the third generation of the leading ballast water treatment technology, is now even more optimized for large ballast water flows. A new 1500 m3/h reactor enables large-flow systems with less cost and complexity – and all the advantages that chemical-free UV treatment has over electrochlorination. Discover the big difference at www.alfalaval.com/pureballast By Rotortug. 2 November - December 2018 l TANKEROperator Contents Markets Technology 04 n Oil output forecast falls 18 18 Profile w Seawater lubrication benefits Profile 05 n OSM looks to digitalisation n Bergshav looking for opportunities Gibraltar Report 07 n Anchorage turnaround efficiency n Services abound Navaids 12 n Stop wasting money 19 Ballast Water Treatment w New Alfa Laval reactor w BEMA brings sector together w USCG type approvals w Trials and tribulations w Proper planning needed 26 Efficiency w Scrubber fitting problems 29 Bunkering w Low sulfur cap w Bad stems resurface 33 Tank Services Anti-Piracy w Cleaning continuous hazard 14 n Crime still persists w Guidelines and database 16 Ship Supply Conference Report n Changing face 34 n Keeping seafarers on side Alfa Laval has introduced a larger reactor (see page 19) enabling bigger vessels to opt for two BWTS instead of fitting multiple systems. Optimized for large flows Its PureBallast family is fully IMO and USCG type approved and is based on chemical free UV technology. New 1500 m3/h UV reactor for PureBallast 3 Alfa Laval PureBallast 3, the third generation of the leading ballast water treatment technology, is now even more optimized for large ballast water flows. A new 1500 m3/h reactor enables large-flow systems with less cost and complexity – and all the advantages that chemical-free UV treatment has over electrochlorination. With the new reactor, Alfa Laval can now offer BWTS of between 32 to 3,000 cu m per hour by fitting Discover the big difference at www.alfalaval.com/pureballast multiple units, claimed to be ideal for the tanker sector. This saves installation and maintenance costs, plus the time taken to install BWTS, the company said. November - December 2018 l TANKEROperator By Rotortug. 1 COMMENT Bunkers - a looming nightmare We thought that the Ballast Water responsible for the fuel management. knight’ willing to invest in the company, which Convention had caused the largest Another clause focuses on co-operation was accepted by the US Bankruptcy Court in ripples in the shipping industry for between owners and charterers to minimise which Aegean had filed for protection under some time. We were wrong. quantities of non-compliant fuel on board by Chapter 11. This accolade, if you could call it that, goes 31st December, 2019. The significance of this is that Aegean claims to IMO’s low sulfur cap and zero emissions It states that any remaining non-compliant to be the world’s largest independent bunker decrees. fuel on board after 1st January, 2020 has to be supplier and has operations worldwide, so the Although I am in complete agreement with removed no later than re-delivery or 1st March, knock-on affect of the company ceasing trading the reasoning behind these edicts, unlike a 2020 – whichever comes first. It also says that would have been substantial. certain US President, there is no doubt that the removal of non-compliant fuel must be done at Of course, bunker suppliers are subject to result will cost the shipping industry billions. the charterers’ cost, while tank cleaning must be the vagaries of oil price volatility and as yet, As has been well documented and debated done at the shipowners’ cost. nobody has said with any clarity, what the cost upon, shipowners and operators have to do The 1st March, 2020 date is significant as of IFO, LNG or other blended types of fuel will something and pretty quickly to comply with the from that day ships will not be allowed to have be come 1st January, 2020. 1st January, 2020, 0.5% low sulfur cap. non-compliant fuel on board unless fitted with a This appears to be what the scrubber Next year’s IMO MEPC and MSC meetings scrubber. supporters are gambling on - the price of HFO are going to prove pivotal in laying down Although still relatively small, scrubber and its continued availability. If there is a wide the guidelines needed to the various industry orders have accelerated recently and we have price difference between HFO, distillates and segments involved. even seen Frontline and TORM invest in LNG, the scrubber manufacturers claim that the One of these segments is the bunker supply scrubber manufacturers to guarantee availability payback time could be as little as 12 months. sector. There is no doubt that bunker suppliers of equipment for their vessels. Another argument being banded about is that could be caught out by different blended fuels, period charterers will opt for vessels, especially taken from different refinery runs. Fraud question large tankers, fitted with scrubbers, as the fuel But this has been a problem before, illustrated It is not just bad stems that are affecting the could be considerably cheaper. by the 100 or so vessels hit by bad bunker stems bunker supply market. Fraud seems to be IBIA has pointed out that IMO member in Houston and elsewhere earlier this year. another problem, especially dealing with the states that are parties to MARPOL Annex VI Both BIMCO and the P&I clubs are large sums involved in a bunker stem. are supposed to tell the organisation of the suggesting new clauses in charterparties to cover In November, 2014, at the time the world’s availability of compliant fuel oils in their ports. any liability problems coming to light. largest bunker supplier, OW Bunker became There is an established mechanism to do so It basically depends on who is operating the insolvent, resulting in some shipowners paying and now it is hoped this can be used to help vessel at the time of a bunker stem. Normally it twice for their stems, due to not being diligent shipping companies prepare for 2020 with is down to the owner or manager on a voyage over who they had made a contract with. This detailed information about where and when charter and the charterer who is responsible for led to a hasty revision of bunker supply clauses compliant fuels will be available. bunkering the vessel. to state clearly who the parties involved are. It follows a proposal by Liberia put to BIMCO’s new timecharter clause states that The insolvency was due to an executive of MEPC 73 to ‘issue a resolution urging states charterers (operators) are obliged to provide OW’s Singapore subsidiary allowing a large to report the availability of compliant fuel oil fuel that complies with MARPOL requirements, amount of credit to an alleged dubious bunker well in advance of 1st January, 2020 to enable grades and specifications set out in the supplier. shipowners and operators to gain experience on charterparty, and it is a general compliance A couple of months ago, Aegean nearly the carriage and use of the new fuels on their clause. suffered the same fate, due to alleged ships and with proposed ship implementation It also states that charterers must use suppliers misappropriation of funds to the tune of about plans to enhance a smooth and effective and bunker barge operators who comply with $300 mill. transition to the new regulatory requirements, MARPOL and that shipowners will remain However, the company already had a ‘white IBIA said. 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NovemberMarch 2018 - December l TANKER Operator2018 l TANKEROperator Visit us at www.totallubmarine.com 35 TO March 2018.indd 5 22/02/2018 14:56 13373_Total_MB_210X297_V1.indd 3 14/02/2018 14:52 INDUSTRY- MARKETS Owners should take heed of downward oil output revisions Oil prices had been on an upward trajectory since July last year. rent values briefly climbed above owners be alarmed by these downward led cuts cannot be ruled out next year if $85 per barrel in early October. revisions? robust growth in non-OPEC crude production However, more recently prices The crude tanker market appears leads to an overhang in oil supply. have moved down to just over unaffected at present, with other factors In contrast, the product tanker market B$70 per barrel. at play. A major rebound in VLCC spot is more sensitive to changes in underlying Nonetheless, thus far in 2018, Brent has earnings over the past month was driven by consumption levels, as higher petrol prices averaged some 34% higher than it did back the combination of rising Middle East spot at the pump threaten to limit demand in key in 2017, which is starting to make an impact cargoes aimed to support a surge in Chinese product importing countries.
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