EMEA News

Money Losing OPEC Members Expected To Follow Saudi's Lead on Market Share First Strategy at Vienna Summit This Week
Meanwhile, one western analyst credits Saudi Arabia for having a keen business sense.
31 May 2016
Forget "Retrograde Institution" OPEC, Says Analyst, Nigeria Can Bring About Oil Market Rebalance
More eyes will focus on the cartel's Vienna meeting to determine just how shaky its future is.
30 May 2016
Saudi Arabia "Killed OPEC and Buried It", says OPEC Source
The remark joins a growing chorus of critics who question the cartel's fundamental reason for being.
27 May 2016
Nigeria Oil Supply Picture Worsens as Militants Shut Down Chevron Plant
Crude briefly breaks $50/bbl Thursday but analysts say that despite global declines continuing, prices may not necessarily climb dramatically.
27 May 2016
HELCOM Continues to Work Toward Baltic Sea NOx Control Area
HELCOM says Russia hosted a two-day workshop in St. Petersburg on May 24 and May 25 to push forward work on HELCOM's NECA agenda.
26 May 2016
Qatar: $65 Oil is "Fair" and "Badly Needed"
The country's energy minister says the security of future supplies depends on higher prices.
26 May 2016
"The Freeze Is Finished" says OPEC Delegate as Iran Closes in On Pre-Sanction Output
Some analysts says the best outcome of the Vienna meeting will be no outcome at all.
26 May 2016
Deal to Bring LNG-Powered Cold Ironing Barge to Rotterdam "Well Underway"
Focus is to bring LNG-generated power to container ships, bulkers, and tankers.
26 May 2016
Piraeus Set for More Disruption as Strike Action Continues
The Port of Piraeus Dockworkers' Union has announced that they are planning to launch a number of 48-hour strikes beginning at 6 a.m. on May 26.
25 May 2016
World's First Conversion of a High-Speed Ro-Pax to LNG Propulsion to be Featured at Innovation Gallery
The GAINN4SHIP INNOVATION project will see the conversion of the Bencomo Express to hybrid diesel-LNG propulsion.
24 May 2016
First Electric-Propulsion, Air-Supported Ferry Launched in Latvia
The 70-passenger ferry, BB Green, operates at a speed of 30 knots will initially be used for demonstration purposes across Europe.
24 May 2016
VDR: Upcoming Global Sulfur Cap Will Be "Quite the Challenge" and "the End of Heavy Fuel Oil for Shipping"
Martin Kröger, VDR's managing director, points to difficulties with compliance and enforcement in international waters.
24 May 2016
No Chance of Output Freeze Under "Comatose" OPEC Leadership: Analysts
The success of Saudi Arabia's sky-high output strategy negates any chance of a freeze being agreed upon, they say.
24 May 2016
Portuguese Ports Set for More Disruption from Strike Action
Bunkering could be impacted from congestion resulting from the extended action.
23 May 2016
Scandlines' Latest Hybrid Ferry Enters Service
Scandlines' new hybrid propulsion ferry, M/V Berlin, Monday set sail on its maiden voyage between Gedser and Rostock at 6 a.m. local time.
23 May 2016
"Big Disagreements Inside OPEC" Make Any Freeze Agreement Unlikely: Russia
However, the country is ready to participate as a consultant should the prospect arise.
23 May 2016
Iran Oil Exports Expected to Climb Nearly 60 Percent as Analysts Say the Sanctions May Have Made The Country Stronger
The International Monetary Fund argues that the sanctions forced Iran to diversify economically.
20 May 2016
Kuwait Reverses Attitude of Earlier This Week, Now Favours Global Oil Market Developments
Kuwait's deputy prime minister for Kuwait, says his country will maintain its high output.
20 May 2016
Gazpromneft Bunkering Operation Marks Ninth Season of Supply Service for Royal Caribbean
On May 8, Gazpromneft East bunkering vessel is said to have provided IFO and MGO bunkers to the 9500 DWT Celebrity Silhouette at the port of St Petersburg.
20 May 2016
Fratelli Cosulich and IRISL Mull Bunkering Alliance
The joint venture would be aimed at offering ship bunkering services in the port of Bandar Abbas, says Augusto Cosulich, Fratelli Cosulich's Managing Director.
19 May 2016