In the most recent issue of World Bunkering Magazine, Steve Simms addresses patents and new fuels – and what bunker suppliers, traders and their customers must consider about them now.

July 10, 2023, the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) affirmed use of electronic bunker delivery notes - “EBDN’s.” This article by principal Steve Simms addresses the legal considerations of using EBDNs and also as EBDNs become more widely used, the legal challenges to not using them.

Simms Showers is pleased to announce that Gary Murphy has joined the Firm as Of Counsel following 20 years of experience as a retired U.S. Coast Guard Commander with four years of underway experience on Coast Guard cutters.  As a Coast Guard attorney, Gary served as the Deputy Office Chief in the Coast Guard Office of Claims and Litigation and served as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. 

The European Council and Parliament have at last hammered out the text for FuelEU Maritime. As Steve Simms of Simms Showers explains in this Bunkerspot article, its provisions will have a significant impact on marine fuel suppliers, not least in relation to the burden of responsibility when it comes to paying penalties.

Sanctions introduced following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine have blocked the sale and purchase of Russian sourced bunker fuel. Steve Simms of Simms Showers takes a close look at how national regulations interpret the ‘transformation’ of Russian marine fuel into a non-sanctioned product – and uncovers more questions than clear answers.

With the largely blended VLSFOs now accounting for the majority of bunker deliveries – and with a raft of new fuels also on the horizon to comply with coming environmental legislation – Steve Simms of Simms Showers considers how marine fuel physical suppliers and traders can best insure themselves against quality claims.

Steve Simms of Simms Showers takes a deep dive into the carbon offsetting space and reflects on the risks and opportunities the European Union’s Emission Trading System might present to bunker suppliers.

In the November publication of Bunkerspot, Principal Steve Simms lends his expertise on how legal counsel can be indispensable to credit decisions and bunker claims.

In this detailed discussion of bunker credit issues, Steve Simms of Simms Showers offers a useful checklist for bunker suppliers when tasked with making sound credit decisions.