Live feed: Is the future of the energy industry as bright as we would hope?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jason Knights

The energy industry faces plenty of issues surrounding safety and sustainability, from recent incidents such as Macondo, to the threat of global warming and the depletion of fossil fuels. These issues among others, are leading the industry to acknowledge the importance of governing the factors that can lead to such problems. Investment is set to ... Read more.

Leading the change in the advancing field of Condition Based Maintenance

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Danny Shorten

I had a very interesting discussion with a fleet manager recently about maintenance management and the reasons why they found it almost impossible to make any step changes in improvement. If I may somewhat précis the discussion, there were a number of key issues that seemed to prevail. • Crew competence – The engineering officers ... Read more.

The Alternative ‘Alternative Fuel’?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Timothy Wilson

As we look at, and try to understand, all the future fuel options, there is one particular fuel that has caught my attention. It is sulphur free, has low emissions, perhaps three to four times cheaper than marine distillate fuel, probably lower in price than LNG, a more beneficial fuel factor for the EEDI than ... Read more.

Fuel futurology – Keeping things technical

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Nick Brown

Last month we launched our ECA calculator – a useful tool for operators trying to calculate their options. But it is interesting to monitor the perspectives of different players as we wrestle with the fuels/switchover/abatement options spectrum of possibilities. This appears to be further confirmation of our view that it’s going to be ‘horses for courses’. ... Read more.