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January, 2017
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Fri13Jan	"Significant" Fuel Oil Spill Reported in the Waters of Turkey's Izmit Bay The spill is said to have resulted from a leak at one of the Poliport Terminal's shore tanks.
Fri13Jan	Stena Bulk Holds Naming Ceremony for Bunker-Saving Newbuild The fuel efficient vessel is said to offer fuel consumption levels of about 10-20 percent lower than that of equivalent vessels when sailing at service speed.
Fri13Jan	Denmark Moves to Increase Foreign Inspections on Danish-Flagged Vessels DMA says it carried out a two-week campaign in the U.S. at the end of 2016 in order to promote Danish quality shipping.
Fri13Jan	IMO Secretary-General Receives Support on EU ETS Position from Intercargo INTERCARGO Thursday expressed its "full support and total alignment" with Kitack Lim's concerns over the inclusion of shipping emissions in EU's ETS.
Fri13Jan	U.S. Court Orders Two Greek Shipping Companies to Pay $2.7 Million for Oily Waste Dumping The companies were sentenced in relation to illegal discharges of oily waste from M/V Ocean Hope into the Pacific Ocean last year.
Fri13Jan	Bunker Supplier Arrests Cruise Ship in Singapore At least one other bunker supplier has also made a claim.
Fri13Jan	U.A.E. Says $50 "Won't Cut It" for Arab Economies, as a New Wave of Predictions Peg Oil at $70 Meanwhile, the Saudis suggest that instead of worrying about the glut, we should brace for a shortage.
Fri13Jan	Gold Star Exec Expects Further Intra-Asia Box Rate Increases on Bunker Price Growth Danny Hoffmann of Gold Star Line says there is no space for further cost increases in current market conditions.
Fri13Jan	Saudis, Kuwait, Algeria Report Cutbacks by More Than Promised in Advance of Vienna Compliance Meeting However, in advance of any hard facts it's unclear whether compliance with OPEC's agreement has truly been achieved
Fri13Jan	California Ports Continue to Seek Input on Proposed Updates to Its Clean Air Action Plan The port authorities will host a joint community workshop on January 24 in order to receive input on proposed updates to the CAAP.
Thu12Jan	U.S. Court Deals Another Blow to Physical Suppliers' Efforts to Recover Unpaid Bunker Bills "While the Court sympathizes with the Physical Suppliers... the contractual relationships between the parties in this case are clear," a US Judge rules.
Thu12Jan	Mexico Port Blockage Not Expected to Impact Bunkering "After this evening we expect things to return to normal, so do not anticipate any delays to bunkering," a local supplier tells Ship & Bunker.
Thu12Jan	Chemoil Named as Singapore's Biggest Supplier By Volume for a Second Year BP Singapore Pte Ltd, who last year fell to second after holding the number one spot for the previous 11 years, for 2016 slipped to fifth.
Thu12Jan	Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2017 Week 1 Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from January 5 – January 11, 2017.
Thu12Jan	Bunkers Being Traded as Part of New Tokyo Commodity Exchange Physical Oil Market TOCOM Wednesday launched a physical market for oil products, including gas oil, bunker A, and LSA for delivery via maritime shipments or at refineries.
Thu12Jan	Corvus Reports "Resounding Interest" in Bunker-Saving Orca ESS Corvus says the order book for Orca ESS has exceeded 9 MWh in less than 6 months following the technology's launch.
Thu12Jan	Panama Approves New Japanese Scrubber System on K Line Vessel The hybrid SOx scrubber system has been tested onboard K Line's Panama-flagged large-scale car carrier Drive Green Highway.
Thu12Jan	BC Ferries' LNG-Powered Newbuild Arrives on Canadian West Coast Salish Orca, the company's first LNG-powered vessel, reached British Columbian waters Wednesday morning following a 50-day voyage.
Thu12Jan	New Study Shows Wind Technologies Provide "Significant" Potential for Power Savings in Shipping The study examined the use of various wind technologies for wind-assisted commercial shipping.
Thu12Jan	Suez Renews Discounts for Box Carriers SCA will be extending the discounts, which were originally announced in June 2016, until June 30, 2017.

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