Stena Bulk
STENA PRO MARINE NAMED IN NEW ORLEANS
Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between Stena Bulk and the leading methanol producer Proman. On 24 October, they named its state-of-the-art methanol-fuelled 49,900 DWT tanker Stena Pro Marine.
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SUCCESSFUL MEETING FOR SENIOR OFFICERS
Every three years, Stena Bulk organizes a network meeting for its senior officers. This year, the meeting was held in connection with the Donsö Shipping Meet, where the participants were also asked to seek out and present different types of innovations that can be of interest to their operations.
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STENA BULK INSTALLS CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM ON MR TANKER
Stena Bulk is gearing up its sustainability focus by installing a mobile carbon capture system on the company’s IMOIIMAX tanker Stena Impero. When up and running,
the equipment is expected to capture 1,000 kg of CO2 per hour, equivalent to the emissions from 100 petrol-powered cars over the same amount of time.
IDA FREDRIKSSON - ABOUT WORKING IN DUBAI
Ida Fredriksson has soon lived in Dubai for two years. There she holds the positions of General Manager and Office Head for Stena Bulk in Dubai, but also of General Manager for Golden Stena Baycrest's operations in Dubai.
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HOW STENA BULK WILL BE CLIMATE NEUTRAL BY 2050
Stena Bulk is already at the forefront in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. The company is now presenting an ambitious plan in five steps – featuring among other things, collaboration with customers – that will lead to the company becoming entirely climate neutral by 2050.
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GSB TANKERS MOVES INTO STENA BULK'S OFFICE IN SINGAPORE
At the end of last year, the company GSB Tankers moved into Stena Bulk's office in Suntec Tower in Singapore. GSB Tankers – Golden Stena Baycrest – is a joint venture between Golden-Agri Stena and the Japanese Bay Crest Management, formed in early January 2019.
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STEEL-CUTTING FOR FIRST SHIP IN STENA PROMAN FLEET
On January 6, steel-cutting for the first ship in the Stena Proman fleet, the Stena Pro Patria, was carried out at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China.
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STENA PROMAN
Stena Proman has finalized an agreement to build an additional vessel under its joint venture partnership. The methanol-powered Stena Prosperous will join the Stena ProPatria and the Stena ProMare in the Proman Stena fleet in H2 2022. Each vessel will use 12,500 tonnes per annum of methanol as a marine fuel, significantly reducing emissions in their normal commercial operations compared to conventional marine fuels.
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SUCCESSFUL BIOFUEL TEST
Stena Bulk has recently conducted a test of ExxonMobil's first marine biofuel. The trial was conducted in commercial operation and included evaluation of onboard fuel storage, as well as handling and use of the fuel in both the main and auxiliary engines. The experiment was very successful and demonstrates yet again the potential of marine biofuel as an alternative to conventional fuels.
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STENA BULK - SUCCESSFUL TRIAL WITH BIOFUEL
The 49,646 deadweight tonne (dwt) MR tanker Stena Immortal received the first delivery of Bio Fuel Oil during its recent call at the Port of Rotterdam.
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THE IMOFLEXMAX
This week Stena Bulk presented a new prototype vessel called IMOFlexMAX. This is the next generation product and chemical tanker which will be able to reduce greenhouse emissions by more than 25% compared to modern product tankers.
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STENA SONANGOL POOL CELEBRATES 15 YEARS
The successful Stena Sonangol Suezmax Pool, established in 2005, presently consists of about 20 high-quality and fuel-efficient Suezmax tankers. Stena Sonangol Suezmax Pool is operated as a 50/50 joint venture between the Swedish leading innovative tanker owner Stena Bulk and the Angolan state-owned oil company, Sonangol. The pool headed from Houston also manages chartering and operations of the pool’s vessels from the offices in Gothenburg and Singapore. The vessels sail in the spot market worldwide.
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STENA BULK IN NEW JOINT VENTURE
Stena Bulk and Swiss Proman Shipping have initiated strategic collaboration. This collaboration involves the formation of a new joint venture in which Proman Shipping initially agrees to long-term charter and become half-owner in two new orders for IMOIIMeMAX MR vessels from GSI, under the company name Proman Stena Bulk Limited. Collaboration also involves investing in methanol as a fuel for reduced environmental impact. The two companies' shared values and ambitions create good conditions for collaboration.
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STENA IMPERO
Through daily efforts from Stena Bulk and Northern Marine Management and repeated demands for release from both the Swedish and UK Foreign Offices, the Stena Impero was finally able to leave Bandar Abbas and Iran after 71 days.
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STENA IMPECCABLE
Roger Olofsson Bagge, father of three and surgeon at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, had his life-long dream fulfilled when his wife surprised him with a trip on Stena Bulk's tanker ship, the Stena Impeccable.
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REFLECTS BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS
2018 was a lost year. The first three quarters were actually the worst since the 80s, though we saw improvement in the fourth quarter. This was probably the first sign that we are now heading towards a more favourable market.
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STENA BULK CHOOSES SCRUBBERS
To meet the new directives on sulphur emissions, fuel needs to be changed to low sulphur alternatives, such as liquefied natural gas or methanol. The alternative is to install an emissions purification system known as scrubbers.
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PIRATE ATTACK
In the beginning of November, Stena Bulk's ship, Stena Imperial, was on its way from Southeast Asia to Rotterdam for unloading. During its northward voyage through the Red Sea west of Yemen, two smaller boats were discovered approaching the ship.
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EMBASSY VISIT
Sweden´s Ambassador to the United States, Karin Olofsdotter visits Stena Bulk Houston.
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VIENNA AND LONDON
EPCA is the European Petrochemical Conference Association. It’s an annual event that takes place in Berlin every 2nd Year and the year in between it is arranged in various bigger cities in Europe.
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NEW OFFICE MANAGER WITH BROAD INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
“Dubai is anything but ordinary”, says Aayush when we talk to him over the phone in his new hometown. Aayush and his wife arrived here a few months ago.
They recently moved into their new apartment and have just unpacked the last of the moving boxes. “You might think that the more often you move, the better you get at it, but that’s not the case”, says Aayush.
NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES - EVERY DAY
J.R. Gardner moved with his family from Houston to Göteborg in January 2015. Here we get the chance to follow J.R. the General Manager for Suezmax Chartering during a hectic week in Göteborg and London.
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AWARDED FOR RESCUE OPERATION
The award was recently received for professional seamanship and conduct when the Stena Blue Sky conducted a rescue operation. It concerned a fisherman who was rescued from his capsized boat in the waters of North Korea and Japan on October 26, 2017.
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THE PORTRAIT – LENA ALVLING
We meet Lena Alvling, Marketing and Event Manager at Stena Bulk, in Bohuslän’s archipelago where she finds the necessary relaxation all year round. Lena is employed at Stena Bulk with the formal title of General Manager Marketing & Corporate Events WW. The role often entails travelling worldwide as responsible for a variety of international events. The working pace is high, the details are many.
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NEVER A BORING DAY AT WORK
In his 30 years at Stena Bulk, Jan Sonesson has never had a boring day at work. When he retires this autumn, he will be able to look back on a long and exciting career, the last eight years as Vice President Fleet Operations of the company.
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DIGITAL NAMING OF STENA IMMORTAL AND INAUGURATION OF THE NEW STENA OFFICE IN COPENHAGEN
The digital naming of the IMOIIMAX tanker Stena Immortal took place on 17 January at Stena’s new office in Hellerup in the north of Copenhagen. Some 200 guests had gathered to attend the naming ceremony and watch godmother Jane Olsson Thorburn digitally swing the bottle of champagne against the Stena Immortal’s bows. The guests were also given a guided tour, together with refreshments, of Stena Rederi A/S’ newly opened office.
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STENA IMPERO NAMED IN GUANGZHOU
The chemical and product tanker Stena Impero was named on 31 January
in a chilly and drizzly Guangzhou in southeast China.