EMEA News

Maersk Working with Other Companies to Catch Sulfur Cheats
One potential solution could involve technology that determines non-compliance across entire ocean voyages.
9 Dec 2015
Iran's Impending Oil Export Boost No Longer a Problem: Nigeria
Nigeria's junior minister Emmanuel Kachikwu contradicts earlier statements he made about Iran's return to the market.
7 Dec 2015
ABB to Provide Tech to Power "Futuristic" Norwegian Hybrid Ferry
The diesel and electric hybrid vessel has been called "one of the most innovative ship designs ever seen on the Norwegian fjords."
7 Dec 2015
New Fuel Cell Tech Could be Ideal for LNG Powered Vessels
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is said to be developing a fuel cell that could be suited for use on ships using LNG bunkers.
7 Dec 2015
Iran: Full Return to International Oil Market Not Negotiable
Iran will discuss new output ceilings only when it has fully returned to the market.
4 Dec 2015
Nigeria to Request Iran Postpone Oil Production Increases
In an effort to ease dropping oil prices, Nigeria says that it is planning to ask Iran to delay its planned increase in oil exports once sanctions are lifted.
3 Dec 2015
SCA Signs Agreement with Sonker Bunkering and DP World for Ain Sokhna Port Development
The agreement was signed by Egypt's Suez Canal Authority and the Red Sea Ports Authority with DP World and Sonker on Saturday.
2 Dec 2015
Van der Velden: FLEX Tunnel Provides Direct Results in Bunker Savings
The company says test results suggest that about 27% lower energy consumption was achieved by using the Flex Tunnel.
2 Dec 2015
Iran's NITC Back in the Bunker Business
NITC director says his firm is returning to the international and European bunker markets.
1 Dec 2015
Clean Up Efforts Underway After Russian Tanker Spill
The tanker is said to have been carrying 786 tonnes of fuel oil and diesel fuel when it ran aground Saturday off of Nevelsk on Sakhalin Island, Russia.
1 Dec 2015
CLIA: EU's "Patchwork" Sulfur Rules Affecting Ships' Operational Efficiency
"EU member states need to focus on aligning the application of European legislation at all their ports to avoid this confusion," says CLIA.
1 Dec 2015
Debunkering of Sunken Bunker Spill Trawler Oleg Naydenov Complete
The ship, which sank about 15 miles off of Punta Maspalomas in the Canary Islands on April 14, is reported to have held an estimated 1,409 tonnes of fuel.
30 Nov 2015
Emissions Monitoring Drones Set to Fly from Hamburg, EMSA Says Member States Struggling to Enforce ECA Rules
Drones could be regularly monitoring ships as early as next year.
27 Nov 2015
New Dubai-Based Bunker Trader for Dan-Bunkering
Lamin Bara was said to have been working in the transportation/logistics industry for many years.
27 Nov 2015
Arkas Bunkering Takes Delivery of "Turkey's Biggest Bunker Vessel"
The Turkish-flagged, double-hulled Çeşme is the supplier's sixth barge.
27 Nov 2015
UK, Canadian Judgments "Unlikely" To Influence Dutch OW Bunker Proceedings
But transport and energy legal specialist Hannah Verhoeven says bunker buyers are likely to still be open to a double payment scenario.
26 Nov 2015
Rotterdam Workers Vote for Strikes throughout December and January
The workers are said to have voted in favour of a series of 24-hour strikes over the next two months to protest possible job cuts.
26 Nov 2015
Bomin Blue LNG Joint Venture to Serve Terminals in the Baltic and North Sea
The $14 million project will see the construction of a new LNG bunkering vessel.
26 Nov 2015
Singapore Listed New Silkroutes To Partner Directly With Malta Government For Oil And Gas Trading
New Silkroutes says the Malta government has taken direct control of a 10% interest in the company's oil and gas trading subsidiary IEG Malta Limited.
25 Nov 2015
Study: Particulate Matter Pollution from Shipping Worse than Thought
The research was carried out in the Baltic and North Sea, but is said to apply to the English Channel and other areas of heavy shipping.
25 Nov 2015