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COMMERCIAL ISSUES
Mike Wittner of Société Générale looks at where the oil markets are heading in 2009
Tommy Christensen of CBI Engineering believes that bunker players can turn challenges into business opportunities
Morten Dehn of OW Bunker considers how the current financial crisis has created new threats and placed risk management at the top of the value chain
CREDIT INSURANCE
Graham Watts of Bunker Insure suggests that bunker credit insurance will continue to pay out despite the slow-down in shipping
ONLINE METERING
Joel Weinstein considers the challenges that are being overcome in order to introduce Coriolis technology to the bunker industry
Jon Watson of Razaghi Meyer International considers how the bunker industry can prepare for future changes to MARPOL with the use of online instrumentation
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Adrian Tolson argues that the bunker industry cannot use the current economic crisis as an excuse to avoid its environmental responsibilities
Geoff Jones of Lintec Testing Services looks at how the introduction of Emission Control Areas can affect bunker fuel characteristics
FUEL QUALITY ISSUES
Andrew Shaw of Guardian Marine Testing considers what tools are currently available for detecting bunker fuel contaminants
Ralph E. Lewis looks at how shipowners can overcome fuel quality problems that are not currently addressed by the ISO 8217 specification
REGIONAL FOCUS
Lesley Bankes-Hughes looks at how fuel storage issues are thwarting the growth of Sri Lanka’s newly-liberalised bunker sector
Alejandro Risler gives an overview of Argentina’s bunker market |
