Tropic Oil is not a well-known name to motorists who need gas or motor oil on Florida’s highways.
But to people who run cargo ships, cruise vessels, trucking companies, construction sites, as well
Transport industry continues CO2 push
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Several other transport companies announce their greenhouse gas emissions-busting moves.
Various transport industry players are taking initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as global warming continues.Earth
Stena Line has decided to convert its 240 metre long ferry Stena Germanica to run on methanol. It will be the first ship in the world to be powered by this.
The project, which is expected to take place at the Remontova Shipyard in Poland, is in co-operation with engine manufacturer Wärtsilä.
The port of Gothenburg, the port of Kiel, and world methanol production and supply company
Repsol empieza esta semana el sondeo con 200 personas a bordo del ´Rowan´
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La petrolera ya descarga material, lleva al personal y baja una cámara subacuática para reconocer el fondo del mar - El área de exclusión decretada es de una milla
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Repsol sigue adelante con el sondeo en busca de petróleo a unos 60 kilómetros de las costas canarias. El incidente ocurrido el sábado entre la Armada y Greenpeace no ha tenido ningún tipo de influencia sobre la planificación prevista por la compañía y esta misma semana comienza la toma de muestras con el inicio de las operaciones para bajar a 3.100 metros de
Medley-based Tropic Oil runs on full tanks
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Stephen Gorey, is the president of Tropic Oil, a 62 year old company that uses its own fleet of trucks to distribute bulk fuel and lubricants to marine, aviation, and industrial customers. Stephen stands in a field of oil barrels on the company grounds, Wednesday, October 15, 2014.Peter Andrew Bosch/Miami Herald staff
Canarias.- Greenpeace se pega al barco de Repsol
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El buque 'Esperanza', de la organización ecologista, toma imágenes del 'Rowan' en su viaje - El Gobierno exige parar los sondeos hasta que se pronuncie la Justicia Rivero busca un nuevo acuerdo del Parlamento en contra de las prospecciones
J. A. / R. A. D. / J. G. H.14.11.2014 | 01:54
Greenpeace sigue de cerca la aproximación a Canarias delRowan Renaissance,elbuque de posicionamiento dinámico que utilizará Repsol para realizar los sondeos en busca de hidrocarburos. La organización ecologista difundió ayer imágenes obtenidas esta misma semana desde un helicóptero cuando elRowannavegaba a la altura de Guinea Bissau.
Tras obtener las imágenes para el video, elEsperanza,que así se llama el barco utilizado por la organización ecologista, continuó su rumbo. En el
The gas bubble bursts
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The gas bubble bursts
17 Oct 2014 Motorship
It came as something of a shock, especially in the run-up to the Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships conference (which takes place in Stavanger, Norway, on 25-27 November) that one major LNG fuelled ship project had been put on hold.
Brittany Ferries, which had ordered a new large gas-fuelled ro-pax ship and announced plans to convert the newer vessels in its fleet to run on LNG, announced that it would be going for the HFO and exhaust gas scrubber instead. The reason given was that the figures just did not add up, and the company felt the investment could not be justified at this stage.
This seems to go against the general industry feeling that in the medium