Americas News

Panama January Bunker Sales Lose 3.7% on Year

Panama's total sales reached 434,8072 mt in January, the lowest level since November.

16 Feb 2023

BUNKER JOBS: Glander Seeks Trader in Montreal

The company is looking for candidates with a relevant degree and one or two years of experience.

16 Feb 2023

Canada: Scrubber Waste Water Discharge Left out of Marine Protected Area Regulation

But issue to be revisited following public consultation.

13 Feb 2023

Seaside Buys US-Based LNG Bunker Barge Clean Jacksonville

Polaris New Energy has signed a deal to continue using the Clean Jacksonville to fuel TOTE's LNG-fuelled container ships in the US Gulf.

10 Feb 2023

AmmPower Plans Corpus Christi Green Hydrogen Facility

The firm has signed a memorandum of understanding with the port authority with the aim of establishing a facility that could produce green hydrogen and fuels derived from it.

9 Feb 2023

BUNKER JOBS: Norden Seeks Experienced Bunker Manager in Annapolis

The company is looking for candidates with at least three years of experience in the bunker industry and a familiarity with bunker claims and disputes.

9 Feb 2023

BUNKER JOBS: Trading Firm Seeks Marine Fuel Trader in Miami

The role would suit new graduates, junior bunker traders or those with in-house training in bunker sales.

3 Feb 2023

Brazilian Bunker Supplier Launches Rio Grande Physical Supply

The firm has already launched MGO sales and aims to start VLSFO deliveries in the near future, a representative tells Ship & Bunker.

1 Feb 2023

BUNKER JOBS: V-TIC Seeks Assistant Bunker Testing Lab Manager in Houston

The company is looking for candidates with experience in bunker fuels, IMO regulation and quality control.

1 Feb 2023

Fire Reported on Container Ship at Pacific Panama Canal Entrance

The fire broke out in the engine room of the boxship Cape Kortia on its way to the PSA port in the Pacific on Monday morning.

31 Jan 2023

Call for Action on Underwater Noise From Shipping in Arctic

Current guidelines on underwater noise to be discussed at IMO sub-committee meeting this week.

25 Jan 2023

Jeb Bush Links Iran Sanctions Evasion to IMO Chief Election

Kitack Lim's second term at the head of the UN body will finish at the end of 2023, and an election to find his replacement will be held in July.

23 Jan 2023

Bunker Spill Reported From Boxship in Vancouver

About 60-100 litres of bunker fuel are estimated to have been spilled from the 8,468 TEU boxship Europe over the weekend.

23 Jan 2023

BUNKER JOBS: Bunker Holding Seeks Tax Admin Assistant in Montreal

The company is looking for candidates with one to two years of experience in a similar position and a knowledge of Canadian taxes.

18 Jan 2023

Strong December Sends Panama 2022 Bunker Sales to Three-Year High

Panama's total for 2022 was 5.23 million mt, 4.3% up on the year and the highest annual figure since 2019.

13 Jan 2023

Petrobras Relaunches Suape Bunker Supply

The relaunch at Suape may be linked to the firm's halting Salvador sales in late 2021 after selling its 330,000 b/d Mataripe refinery, a local source tells Ship & Bunker.

13 Jan 2023

US Strategy Sees Onboard Carbon Capture as 'Promising Technology' for Shipping Decarbonisation

The US government's transport decarbonisation strategy cites onboard carbon capture systems as a promising technology.

12 Jan 2023

Royal Caribbean Group Hires Newbuild Decarbonisation Director From DNV

Simon Mockler has joined the company as senior director of newbuild decarbonisation in Miami.

12 Jan 2023

Minerva to Halt LA Physical Bunker Supply

The firm is set to withdraw from physical supply at the LA/Long Beach market and hand back its barges there, market sources tell Ship & Bunker.

11 Jan 2023

Port of Prince Rupert Proposes Open-Loop Scrubber Ban

The Prince Rupert Port Authority has published a proposed update to its port information guide for 2023, including for the first time a ban on the use of open-loop scrubbers.

11 Jan 2023