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January, 2020
Date	Headline	Image
Fri17Jan	Sing Fuels Opens Houston Office The company has hired Chris Brooks as senior bunker trader in Houston.
Thu16Jan	Oil Up On Optimism Over Second Trade Deal, But Commodity Has An "Ultimate Cap", Says Citi Meanwhile, the IEA sees value in skyrocketing production.
Thu16Jan	Panama Sees 22% Gain in Bunker Sales in 2019 Panama is likely to have seen the strongest demand growth of the major bunkering hubs in 2019.
Tue14Jan	Eagle Bulk Shipping Joins Getting to Zero Coalition The coalition's membership now includes more than 90 companies.
Tue14Jan	Vertex Energy Signs 10-Year Supply Deal With Bunker One The deal gives Bunker One the exclusive right to buy 100% of Vertex's marine fuel production from its Marrero, Louisiana refinery.
Fri10Jan	Panama Set to Record Over 5 Million MT in Annual Bunker Sales After a significantly improved performance during the Sep-Nov 2019 period compared to 2018.
Fri10Jan	VLSFO Imports Give Panama Price Advantage Over Ecuador: Argus Media The higher costs of imports from the US Gulf and Caribbean may make Ecuador's VLSFO prices less competitive.
Wed08Jan	O'Rourke Petroleum Acquires J.A.M. Distributing Marine Fuel Assets in U.S. Gulf Coast O'Rourke's acquisition takes its storage capacity from 90,000 barrels to 150,000 barrels.
Thu02Jan	VLSFO Production, Supply Commences in Peru Repsol will also add another new supply location soon.

December, 2019
Date	Headline	Image
Tue24Dec	GCC Bunkers Inks Exclusive Galveston Bunker Supply Deal At Texas International Terminals.

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22Jan

1FEATURE: The Growing Problem of IMO 2020 VLSFO Bunkers With Marginally Off-Spec Sulfur

Are shipowners overreacting, or suppliers shirking obligation?
22Jan

2VLSFOs: High Level of Bunker Alerts Relating to Sediment Issues

Between 24th December 2019 and 21st January 2020, VPS has issued seven Bunker Alerts relating to sediment issues within VLSFO fuels.
15Jan

3How Much Has IMO2020 Raised Bunker Prices?

Buyers in "G4" major bunkering ports last month were paying an extra $240.50/mt for fuel year-over-year.
17Jan

4The Switch to IMO 2020 Bunker Fuels: So Far, So Good?

Despite earlier fears, widespread problems with new 0.50% sulfur VLSFO fuels have so far failed to materialize.
15Jan

5PIL Still Facing Singapore VLSFO Delays: Alphaliner

Some ships have been waiting at Singapore for as long as three weeks, according to the shipping intelligence service.
20Jan

6Libyan Crude Blockade May Raise Mediterranean VLSFO Prices

The sudden absence of 1 million b/d of sweet crude in the Mediterranean would have a sharp knock-on effect on VLSFO prices in the region.
21Jan

7Dutch Shipowner Orders Quick Install, Pre-Fabricated Scrubber Model

Value Maritime claims its scrubbers come with an installation time of as little as seven days.
20Jan

8Expect Zero Tolerance for IMO 2020 Non-Compliance: Paris and Tokyo MOUs

The authorities have been delivering letters to vessels since the start of last year to make them aware of the new rules.
20Jan

9Port of Rotterdam Plans to Launch Bunker Supplier Licensing

A new scheme covering several ports may come into operation at the start of next year.
21Jan

10Port of Karachi Joins Open-Loop Scrubber Ban Club

Pakistan's government has advised shipowners with scrubbers either to switch to compliant fuels or to operate them in closed-loop mode when visiting the port.

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