Archive News

September, 2024
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Mon09Sep	Singapore's First Fully Electric Cargo Vessel Starts Commercial Trials The vessel is equipped with swappable battery solutions that will reduce operational and maintenance costs significantly compared to conventional vessels.
Mon09Sep	Sail Cargo Ship Makes Historic Transatlantic Crossing Taking two week and carrying over a thousand tonnes of cargo.
Mon09Sep	Low-emission Warehouse Opened by Maersk in Denmark Facility has been built to exacting environmental standards and is located in Fredericia.
Mon09Sep	Maersk Zero Centre to Host Webinar on IMO Mid-term Measures Ahead of MEPC82 at end of the month.
Mon09Sep	Sonan Bunkers Hires Junior Trader in London Mark Kidman has joined the firm's London office as a junior trader as of last month.
Mon09Sep	MSC to Set Up New East/West Network From Next Year The new network, replacing the current 2M VSA agreement MSC has with Maersk, will launch from February 2025.
Mon09Sep	Clean Products Tanker Arrested in Singapore The ship's registered owner is Mekong Petroleum Transport JSC, and it came to Singapore from Vietnam last week.
Mon09Sep	BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops to Two-Week Low Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index lost $3.50/mt to the lowest level since August 22 on Friday.
Mon09Sep	OCI Global to Sell Methanol Business to Methanex The firm has signed a deal to sell the business to Methanex for $2.05 billion.
Mon09Sep	Stolt Tankers Hires Bunker Coordinator in Netherlands The new hire previously worked for Cockett Group from October 2017 to this month.
Fri06Sep	Worst Weekly Drop For Oil In 11 Months As Bearish Sentiment Hijacks Crude Market Citigroup Inc. thinks Brent could dip to the $60s next year.
Fri06Sep	Beaches Closed in Gran Canaria After Bunker Spill A bunker spill was reported from the refuelling of the Akhisar at Las Palmas on Wednesday night.
Fri06Sep	Biofuels Took Up 0.1% of Bunker Holding's Sales in 2023/24 Very low-carbon fuels took up 0.1% of the energy content of the company's sales in the 2023/24 financial year.
Fri06Sep	Fake UKMTO Contact Reported in Red Sea Contact was made with ships in the Red Sea on Wednesday from someone pretending to represent UKMTO.
Fri06Sep	BUNKER JOBS: Marine Fuels Firm Seeks Bunker Trader in Houston The company is looking for candidates with knowledge of the bunker industry, shipping market and fuel specifications.
Fri06Sep	Wind-Assisted Propulsion in Small Vessels Nearly Doubled in Past Year: IWSA There are currently more than 12 traditional sail cargo vessels below 500 GT in size.
Fri06Sep	Further Work Needed on Methanol Bunker Fire Safety: Survitec The company has published a white paper on methanol fire safety after carrying out a study earlier this year.
Fri06Sep	MARITEC: Presence of Chemical Compounds in VLSFO From Malta CTI-Maritec reports on a potential fuel quality issue in Malta.
Fri06Sep	VeriFuel Participates in First LNG Bunkering Operation The operation took place in Shanghai last week.
Fri06Sep	BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Little Changed Despite Decline in Crude Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index was little changed at $616/mt on Thursday, having reached the lowest level since August 23 the previous day.