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November, 2016
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Thu24Nov	Neste to Distribute Low-Sulfur Bunker Fuel in Sweden form January 1, 2017 "To us, this means expanding the market area of marine fuels," says Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil Products at Neste.
Thu24Nov	Idle Box Ship Capacity Falls Back From Record Highs: Alphaliner As of November 14, the number of idle container ships of above 500 TEU is said to have fallen from a record high of 1.59 million TEU to 1.49 million TEU.
Thu24Nov	OPEC Deal Expected, but Doubts of Its Efficacy Cause Oil Prices to Drop Widespread indications suggest next week's OPEC summit will be a bust.
Thu24Nov	Vienna Will Result in $38-$60 Oil, No Change in the Glut, and More Volatility next Year: Analysts The Saudis reportedly are aiming for $50 to facilitate their sale of Saudi Aramco.
Thu24Nov	Arrested Bulk Carrier Put Up for Auction in Singapore The Panamax bulk carrier Trident Challenger was arrested in September.
Wed23Nov	WE Tech Shaft Generators to Provide "Tonnes of Fuel Savings Every Day" to Four Stena Newbuilds WE Tech says it will supply energy efficient permanent magnet shaft generator solutions to Stena Line's four newbuild RoPax ferries.
Wed23Nov	Port of Amsterdam Marks First LNG Bunkering of an OGV The recently converted dual-fuel tanker Fure West was bunkered with LNG through a truck to ship operation on Tuesday.
Wed23Nov	Freepoint Commodities Opens Bunkering Services at St. Croix The company says it will initially provide bunkers ex-pipe at St. Croix's Limetree Bay Terminals.
Wed23Nov	LNG-Powered Ferry Embarks on Transatlantic Voyage for Delivery to BC Ferries Salish Orca is expected to arrive for delivery to in BC Ferries in January and will be put into service on the Powell River and Comox route in the spring 2017.
Wed23Nov	Viking Line Signs LOI for Newbuild LNG-Fuelled RoPax Vessel "Our intention is for the vessel to run on LNG," said Jan Hanses, Viking Line's CEO of the new order.
Wed23Nov	ExxonMobil Sign LNG Bunkering MoU for Northern UK and North Sea Exxon Mobil, Babcock International, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, Calor, and Orkney Islands Council will work together on the project.
Wed23Nov	Canadian Companies Look for Opportunities Amid Tightening Bunker Regs Field Upgrading, which plans to turn bitumen into ultra-low sulfur bunkers, is noted to be just one of those many companies.
Wed23Nov	Gasfuelled Ships Conference Points to Increased Momentum for LNG Uptake The Motorship's Gasfuelled Ships conference is noted to have hosted discussion that suggested the "tide is turning" for LNG.
Wed23Nov	New TRACE, RightShip Partnership Aims to Reduce Charterers' Exposure to Bunker Fraud "Unfortunately, the vast majority of bunker fraud incidents go unreported," TRACE's Katya Lysova tells Ship & Bunker.
Tue22Nov	Crude Prices Edge Up Bunker prices were firm to start in the primary ports.
Tue22Nov	Ship Officer Given Eight Month U.S. Prison Sentence Related to Oily Waste Dumping In addition to the prison term, Girolamo Curatolo was also given a sentence of one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a fine of $5,000.
Tue22Nov	Former Maersk Executive and TORM Chairman Flemming Ipsen Joins Monjasa Ipsen was formerly chairman at Torm and a long-time executive at A.P.Moller-Maersk.
Tue22Nov	Glander International Bunkering Mumbai Moves to New Office The bunker broker and trader says the move will bring it closer to its customers.
Tue22Nov	Wee Tiong Acquires 11 Bunkering Vessels from Former Singapore Supplier Searights The move was said to be the result of a "serendipitous meeting of minds" between the two parties in September.
Tue22Nov	New Customs Regs Could Hit Piraeus Bunker Demand Ships working cargo are not included under the rule, but bunkers only calls could be affected.

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