EMEA News

Major Shareholder Reduces Stake in OW Bunker
Cantillon Capital Management LLC has took its shareholding to below 5 percent.
28 Oct 2014
Wärtsilä Raises 2014 Profitability Outlook on Increased Order Intake
Order intake rose 21 percent to €1.3 billion.
28 Oct 2014
P&O Ferries Expands Services Inside ECA Zone
Ferry operator P&O Ferries is expanding its North Sea routes despite challenges faced by the sector from ECA rules.
28 Oct 2014
Finnish Fuel-Saving Technology Company Named in Cleantech List
Eniram's efforts in providing fuel saving technology to the shipping industry were recognized.
27 Oct 2014
ATP: OW Bunker "Management Has Caused a Breach of Trust"
Danish institutional investor ATP says OW Bunker was not up front with investors about the risk of fluctuating profits and has breached ATP's trust.
27 Oct 2014
Denmark Commits Further Funding to Drone ECA Enforcement
The Danish EPA will give funding to develop NOx sensors in drones.
27 Oct 2014
Maersk Line to Continue Slow Steaming Efforts, Despite Reduced Benefits
The company said slow steaming remains part of its toolbox.
24 Oct 2014
Gibraltar Will Work to Stay "Most Competitive Bunkering Port in the Mediterranean"
Minister for Tourism and Port Affairs Neil Costa wants Gibraltar to be the premier port of call in the Western Mediterranean.
24 Oct 2014
Oryx to Start Las Palmas Bunkering Next Month
The date seems to have been pushed back from mid-October.
24 Oct 2014
Dutch Bunker Industry Veteran Heads New ARA Bunker Venture
Jan-Piet Oosterlee is to head the commercial activities and operations of Transmarinefuels BV.
24 Oct 2014
Ship Agency and Broking Group Voices Concerns Over ECA Rules
ECASBA said it had concerns over how ECAs would affect shipping in the Baltic and North Seas.
23 Oct 2014
Aegean Announces New $20 Million Share Repurchase Program
The company will buy back shares in open market or privately-negotiated transactions.
23 Oct 2014
Russian Far East Ports Price Advantage Diminishes as Global Prices Fall
Ship & Bunker data shows the Vostochny, Singapore spread narrow from $170.50 pmt in January to $10 pmt last week.
23 Oct 2014
Bad Weather Disrupts Bunkering at Novorossiysk
"We are able to supply inside the port, but not at the anchorage," a local source reports.
22 Oct 2014
Denmark Pushes for NOx Controls
The Danish EPA hopes to establish NECAs in the Baltic and North Seas.
22 Oct 2014
Russian Governor Pushes for Ban on At-Sea Bunkering
Two oil spills in the Primorye region have prompted a governor to recommend the ban.
21 Oct 2014
OW Bunker Leaning Toward New Downgrade
Swedish private bank SEB predicts that OW profits are increasingly under pressure.
21 Oct 2014
Northwest EU Ports Argue Against Focusing Investment in the Mediterranean
Nine ports are arguing that developing Mediterranean ports would increase efficiency.
20 Oct 2014
Malta Bunkering Company Signs Agreement with WFS
World Fuel Services will use fuel storage tanks belonging to Mediterranean Offshore Bunkering.
17 Oct 2014
Statoil CEO Resigns to Join BG Group
Helge Lund has resigned with immediate effect after 10 years at Statoil in order to join UK's BG Group.
16 Oct 2014