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Ship Adrift and Listing in Red Sea After Crew Evacuation

Ship Adrift and Listing in Red Sea After Crew Evacuation

The ship was reported as adrift about 105 nautical miles north-west of Al Hudaydah at 4:30 AM UTC on Friday.
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  5. 06Dec
    Sounion offloads cargo to another ship three months after coming under attack by Houthi military forces. Read in Full
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    Of these 27 orders, 23 were for LNG-fuelled ships. Read in Full
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Methanol Bunker Prices

Gray Methanol MEOH-VLSFOe MEOH-MGOe
$/mt    +/- $/mte    +/- $/mte    +/-
Singapore 363.50 3.50 748.50 21.50 775.50 32.50
Rotterdam 449.50 3.00 925.00 34.00 959.00 35.00
Houston 410.50 2.50 844.50 13.50 875.50 14.00
Fujairah 250.00 6.50 514.50 2.00 533.50 2.00

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    Dec 03
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    Dec 03
    Steve Bee, group commercial director at VPS, discusses the emergence of methanol as a marine fuel.
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    Nov 28
    The company now sees its global fuel portfolio as comprising conventional bunkers, biodiesel, methanol, LNG and bio-LNG.
  5. INSIGHT: The ABCDE of CII
    Nov 22
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    Nov 14
    A trial of the company's services delivered 45-50 mtCO2e reduction per vessel per month to a maritime services firm earlier this year, Opsealog's Arnaud Dianoux tells Ship & Bunker.
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    Nov 14
    If the year-to-date total were replicated over the rest of 2024, this year's total for Singapore would reach 54.36 million mt, up by 4.9% from 2023's record high.
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    Nov 11
    Ship & Bunker explores whether legal and compliance concerns are starting to outweigh the apps' unquestioned convince.

Demand at the 17 hubs overall at 138.1 million mt in 2023, up by 1.8% on the year and the most since 2021.

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Yemen & Red Sea Attacks

  1. Ship Adrift and Listing in Red Sea After Crew Evacuation
    Dec 06
    The ship was reported as adrift about 105 nautical miles north-west of Al Hudaydah at 4:30 AM UTC on Friday.
  2. Cargo of Damaged Tanker Successfully Transferred
    Dec 06
    Sounion offloads cargo to another ship three months after coming under attack by Houthi military forces.
  3. Master and Crew of Marlin Luanda Commended for Bravery by IMO
    Dec 04
    For averting environmental disaster by bringing fire from missile attack under control after firefighting for 19 hours.
  4. UK Reports New Ship Attack in Gulf of Aden
    Dec 02
    The ship came under attack about 80 nautical miles south of Aden at 9:32 AM UTC on Sunday.
  5. 16 Missing After Tourist Boat Sinks in Red Sea
    Nov 26
    The Sea Story -- with 44 people on board, including 13 crew -- sent a distress signal at 5:30 AM local time on Monday before capsizing and sinking.

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    Nov 29
    The company now reportedly expects 15-20% of its bunker consumption to be alternative fuels by 2030, down from a previous target of 25%.
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    Nov 28
    The company now sees its global fuel portfolio as comprising conventional bunkers, biodiesel, methanol, LNG and bio-LNG.
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    Nov 22
    Glander International Bunkering discusses how shipping companies can manage their responsibilities under the IMO's CII regulation.

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    Report published following Copenhagen conference organised by collaborative platform futurefuelsnordic.com
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    Dec 05
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    Dec 04
    GAC Sweden's Nils Igelström highlights the need for industry collaboration to prevent a stall in shipping's energy transition.
  5. Outline of Measures to cut back Shipping's GHG Emissions Clear by Next MEPC
    Dec 04
    Talks to agree technical and economic measure to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from shipping are on track to be agreed and adopted by the IMO's marine environment committee next year, an IMO insider tells Ship & Bunker.

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