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IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

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That review was completed in 2016 and submitted to MEPC 70. An increasing number of ships are also using gas as a fuel as when ignited it leads to negligible sulfur oxide emissions. If not, the date could be deferred to 2025. The review concluded that sufficient compliant fuel oil would be available to meet the fuel oil requirements.

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What are the investment opportunities in the Alternative Fuel Corridor Program?

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They are designed to support a network of electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling infrastructure. The sixth round of Alternative Fuel Corridors resulted in adding more new miles of corridors than any other round since the program’s initiation in 2016.

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Detect Quakes With “Raspberry Shakes”

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Geophones are commonly used in the oil and gas industry for seismic surveying, where the seismic waves are artificially generated to probe the ground below. Actually, a whole community of (mostly) amateur seismologists had, using a Raspberry Pi–based device called a Raspberry Shake , developed in 2016 by a group in tectonically active Panama.

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MAN Diesel & Turbo to convert 3 more coastal container ships to LNG

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Wessels Reederei signed a letter of intent with MAN Diesel & Turbo regarding the conversion of three of its fleet to dual-fuel gas operation. It promotes a global turn to ga’, driven by the IMO, and a common approach by the shipping industry and politics to invest in infrastructure development and retrofits. Earlier post.)

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