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March, 2016
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Fri18Mar	Alphaliner: Low Bunker Prices Prompt Increased Sailing Speeds, Detours as Idle Box Fleet Soars to "All-Time High" Alphaliner's latest weekly report says that the idle container ship fleet reached a new record high of 1.57 million TEU at the beginning of March.
Fri18Mar	Singapore: MPA Reaffirms ReCAAP's Role in Regional Anti-Piracy Efforts The MPA Thursday highlighted the "instrumental role" the ReCAAP has played in addressing piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia.
Fri18Mar	MOL Gets 1.5% Bunker Savings from Vessel Autopilot System ACE is said to estimate disturbance factors during a voyage, including wind and tide, optimally controlling the helm to reduce route deviation.
Fri18Mar	German Shipping Companies Fined $1.5 Million Over Illegal Oil Discharge The companies, which owned and operated the M/V BBC Magellan, pled guilty to illegally discharging oil into the ocean, among other charges.
Fri18Mar	Declining Interest Reported in Use of Arctic's NSR from International Shippers Increased use of such Arctic routes had threatened to impact some of today's key bunkering ports.
Fri18Mar	Sources: Bunkering Halted at Novorossiysk Due to Bad Weather Sources at Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk say strong winds and sea swells could persist for up to four days.
Thu17Mar	Crude Extends Gains Bunker prices continued to firm in the primary ports.
Thu17Mar	Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2016 Week 10 Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from March 10 – March 16, 2016.
Thu17Mar	Recent Ruling Spells Bad News for Physical Suppliers Caught With OW Bunker "Double Payment" Claims "The significance of the decision is that it prevents the shipowners from being subject to potential double payment for the bunkers," says Jones Walker LLP.
Thu17Mar	Baltic Dry Index Ends 5 Week Rising Run as Analyst Sees No Real Recovery Until 2018 A period of gains that started on February 12 has come to an end, but the BDI has risen 35.5 percent in that time.
Thu17Mar	Scorpio Bulkers Announces New Share Float Plans The dry bulker will offer 21 million common shares, with Scorpio related parties said to already be interested in at least $15 million worth of them.
Thu17Mar	"If You're Walking through Hell, Keep Walking" Says Singapore MPA Chairman of Difficult Maritime Markets Lucien Wong's comments came in his opening remarks at the Asia Pacific Maritime 2016 exhibition in Singapore.
Thu17Mar	Scottish Operator On Target For 2% Reduction in Fleet Emissions CalMac says it is "finding some encouraging results."
Thu17Mar	Authorities Call for Marine Safety Improvements After Fuel Tanker Grounding Better safety training said to be needed after a case in which fatigue among the crew was found to have contributed to the fuel tanker running aground.
Thu17Mar	Critics Question Tendering Process for Hambantota Bunker Facility Operation Sources say the call for tenders ran for only two weeks, failing to allow proponents' enough time for proper application.
Thu17Mar	Japan's January Bonded Bunker Sales Swell 8.7% Month on Month Japan's bonded fuel sales reached 2.52 million barrels during the month of January, achieving 36% year on year rise.
Thu17Mar	Monjasa Eyes Further Growth as it Marks 5 Years in the U.S. "Our U.S. office is bound to further penetrate the local market and develop our reselling capabilities in this area," says Monjasa's General Manager.
Thu17Mar	Spill Reported During Bunkering at Melbourne Bahamas-flagged ICS Allegiance is said to have been linked to the estimated 30 litre spill after sheening was observed in the port's waters.
Wed16Mar	Crude Inventory Build Less than Half the Amount Expected Figures proved analysts had overhyped the build in crude.
Wed16Mar	Aegean Overcomes "Industry Headwinds" to Post Record Bunker Sales Volumes Full year 2015 bunker sales volumes were up 14%.

Showing 101-120 of 249 articles from March, 2016

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2Singapore Bunker Supplier Hai Yin Marine to Lose Licence This Month

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3BlackCoral Energy and Biofuel Express Join Forces on Marine Biofuel Supply

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4MAN Energy Solutions Rebrands as 'Everllence'

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5Bunker Holding Group Streamlines Legal Structure to Simplify Operations

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