Diesel is nearly dead?

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by Paull

Ships don't run on diesel, they use heavy fuel oil (HFO)




Wrong, ships at sea have to comply with MARPOL

1. Not quite true, most big stuff, tankers, bulky's, container ships etc only run on HFO out at sea, when approaching the coast and entering harbour the engines are switched to Diesel, and most of them will be gone in a decade. All vessels in the offshore oil & gas run on Diesel, anchor handlers, supply vessels, construction vessels, dive support vessels, drill rigs etc, All cruise ships now run on Diesel, no HFO at all there. HFO is a fast dying duck in all sectors, in fact have a look at LNG powered ships, lots of them starting to get around.


2. Correct, also lots of countries/states have implemented/proposed legislation re fuel emission regs within their boundary's, NSW with there low sulphur fuel requirements for visiting cruise ships is one in the news at the moment...