Americas News

Dan-Bunkering Attains ISCC Certification for Houston Office
Dan-Bunkering Attains ISCC Certification for Houston Office
The firm's Houston office has been awarded both the ISCC EU and ISCC Plus certifications.
2 Nov 2023
Carnival Corporation Signs Multi-Year US Gulf LNG Bunkering Contract
Carnival Corporation Signs Multi-Year US Gulf LNG Bunkering Contract
Stabilis Solutions will supply the LNG from its owned liquefaction facility in Texas over the next two years, with Carnival having the option to extend the deal for another two years.
1 Nov 2023
BUNKER JOBS: Monjasa Seeks Trader in Houston
BUNKER JOBS: Monjasa Seeks Trader in Houston
The company is looking for candidates with fluent English, experience in sales and preferably in the bunker or shipping industries.
31 Oct 2023
Integr8 Fuels Opens New Office in Brazil
Integr8 Fuels Opens New Office in Brazil
The firm previously served South America from its US offices, but has this week opened a new location in Rio de Janeiro.
26 Oct 2023
Seaside LNG Takes Delivery of New Bunkering Vessel for Gulf of Mexico
Seaside LNG Takes Delivery of New Bunkering Vessel for Gulf of Mexico
The firm christened the LNG bunker barge Clean Everglades at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility on Tuesday.
26 Oct 2023
Crowley to Bunker LNG on Panama Canal's Pacific Coast
Crowley to Bunker LNG on Panama Canal's Pacific Coast
Panama Canal Authority issues US company with LNG bunkering permit.
25 Oct 2023
Fuel Distributor Ipiranga Joins Brazilian Bunker Market
Fuel Distributor Ipiranga Joins Brazilian Bunker Market
After a trial operation earlier this year, the company has now commenced supply of VLSFO and LSMGO to ISO 8217:2010 standards at Rio Grande do Sul.
24 Oct 2023
US Eases Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil for Six Months
US Eases Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil for Six Months
HSFO prices may come under downward pressure in the US Gulf and elsewhere after the US eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry.
19 Oct 2023
New Offshore Bunker Supplier JV Launched in US Gulf
New Offshore Bunker Supplier JV Launched in US Gulf
Robert Love has joined the new JV, UET Marine, as senior managing partner.
19 Oct 2023
Oakland Port Secures Fed Funds For Hydrogen Fuelling Infrastructure
Oakland Port Secures Fed Funds For Hydrogen Fuelling Infrastructure
As part of country-wide push announced earlier in October.
18 Oct 2023
Biofuel Supplier GoodFuels Expands to Americas
Biofuel Supplier GoodFuels Expands to Americas
The GoodFuels parent company has launched FincoEnergies Americas and appointed Kimberly Westmoreland as its managing director.
18 Oct 2023
Eagle LNG Takes Delivery of Caribbean-Bound LNG Bunker Tanker
Eagle LNG Takes Delivery of Caribbean-Bound LNG Bunker Tanker
Vessel is the first in a planned fleet of LNG bunkering tankers destined for the Caribbean basin.
17 Oct 2023
US Agrees to Ease Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil
US Agrees to Ease Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil
The deal involves oil sanctions being eased in return for an internationally monitored presidential election being held in Venezuela next year.
16 Oct 2023
Bunker Operations Suspended in Brazil's São Marco Bay Over Licensing Dispute
Bunker Operations Suspended in Brazil's São Marco Bay Over Licensing Dispute
Flavio Ribeiro, CEO of Bunker One Brazil, tells Ship & Bunker he expects to see a resolution to the dispute within a few days.
13 Oct 2023
Port of Galveston Wins $1 Million Grant for Shore Power Pilot
Port of Galveston Wins $1 Million Grant for Shore Power Pilot
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded the grant to Galveston Wharves to set up the pilot.
13 Oct 2023
LNG Bunkering Coming to Panama Next Year
LNG Bunkering Coming to Panama Next Year
Ship design firm Seaspan has signed a deal with global energy company AES setting out a plan to collaborate on LNG bunkering from the Costa Norte LNG terminal in Colon.
12 Oct 2023
GeoServe Adds Bunker Trader, Bus Dev Manager in the US
GeoServe Adds Bunker Trader, Bus Dev Manager in the US
Based in Houston and Connecticut.
10 Oct 2023
Port CEO Voices Rare Criticism of 'Cost-Prohibitive' Shore Power
Port CEO Voices Rare Criticism of 'Cost-Prohibitive' Shore Power
"The only reason that ports are doing it is because there is significant grant money," says Port of Longview CEO Dan Stahl.
6 Oct 2023
CTI-Maritec: Update On Houston Bunker Fuel
CTI-Maritec: Update On Houston Bunker Fuel
It can be argued that these fuels represented by the tested samples may not meet the general requirements outlined in clause 5 of ISO8217, says CTI-Maritec.
4 Oct 2023 · CTI-Maritec
Panama: Historic Low Water Levels, Congestion Boosts Demand for Outer Anchorage Bunkering
Panama: Historic Low Water Levels, Congestion Boosts Demand for Outer Anchorage Bunkering
While the situation has improved in recent weeks, the boost to outer anchorage bunkering may be much longer lived.
3 Oct 2023