Features
REGIONAL PROFILE: BLACK SEA AND ADRIATIC
Dragan Petrovich provides a run down of the main bunkering centres of the Black Sea and Adriatic regions
COMMERCIAL ISSUES
Tony Vertommen, General Manager of Antwerp supplier Verbeke Bunkering, explains why his company has cut credit terms to its customers
Bernard Muller of Rotterdam-based barge company FTS Hofftrans takes a look at the barge market in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Paul Day of Aquafuel Research suggests that, in current market conditions, the right additives can make a big difference
SPOTLIGHT: MARINE LUBRICANTS
Castrol Marine's Managing Director, David Gilmour, explains how his company has coped with supply shortfalls and soaring prices of marine lubes
TOTAL Lubmarine's Claude Ouvrier-Buffet looks at the challenges facing lube manufacturers in the wake of MARPOL Annex VI and the onset of SECAs
David Adams, Infineum's Global Marine Manager, examines the make-up and performance of marine lubricants
MARITIME AND PORT SECURITY
As the maritime industry moves from 'mega ports' to 'giga ports', Peter Lehr of the University of St Andrews considers the implications
David Wignall of BMT argues for a new approach to gathering and interpreting information that is relevant to maritime and port security
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Dale Neefe of HNA Maritime contends that shipowners and managers must adopt a formal framework that monitors environmental, safety and security issues at a shipboard level
Don Gregory, BP Marine's Director of Environment and Sustainability, and Chairman of IBIA, introduces on-line sulphur and density monitoring
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nigel Draffin, Coordinator of IBIA's Education Working Group and Senior Broker at LQM-Gibson, looks at how engineers were once trained and how things have now changed
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