EMEA News

Skuld Warn on Ukraine Calls
The insurer says members may want to keep crews on board at some ports as unrest continues.
4 Mar 2014
Battery Power Poised to Gain Ground in Short-Sea Shipping
The technology is particularly appropriate for offshore vessels and ferries, DNV GL executive says.
4 Mar 2014
Estonia Operator Benefits from Falling Bunker Prices
However Tallink said its profits dropped while revenues held steady.
4 Mar 2014
Bunker Tanker Starts Operations at Saint-Petersburg
The tanker, Freya, has eight pairs of separate tanks with a combined capacity of up to 2,500 tonnes of product.
3 Mar 2014
RINA Services Gets OK to Class LNG-fuelled Danish Ships
"Rapid and accelerating" shift to LNG bunkers, with need for safety and risk management, seen in north Europe.
3 Mar 2014
DFDS May Shut 7 Routes As ECA Rules Drive Up Bunker Costs
The shipper says emissions rules may make it impossible to run some routes profitably.
3 Mar 2014
LNG Bunkering Facilities Planned for Piraeus
Greek authorities, coastal shipping industry, look to the fuel as a possible alternative.
3 Mar 2014
New Bunker Vessel at Primorsk
The 4,400-dwt tanker Zaliv Vostok is owned by Russian bunker supplier Nayada LLC.
28 Feb 2014
EU Authorities Seek 2015 ECA Enforcement Plan
Denmark may start with random sampling, but wants a more comprehensive method.
28 Feb 2014
ISTFIX Black Sea & Mediterranean Freight Index Report: 2014 Week 8
Brokers were not upbeat and rates remained sluggish on Black Sea trade this week.
26 Feb 2014
State Officials: Hijackers Stole $8 million of Fuel from Tanker
12,000 tonnes of diesel were missing after MT Kerala returned to Angola after alleged hijacking.
25 Feb 2014
Nordic LNG Players Join Forces
Finland's Gasum will gain a majority stake in Norway's Skangass to target marine LNG market.
25 Feb 2014
Court Orders Detention of Bunker Boss Spanos
The president of Greek bunkering firm ETEKA denied all charges against him during a three-hour testimony on Saturday.
24 Feb 2014
Bunker operations "Filmed" by Patrol Boats off Gibraltar
Several incidents reported, source calls it "an obvious intimidatory tactic."
24 Feb 2014
Greek Bunkering Firm Head Arrested over Smuggling Ring
ETEKA leader Giorgos Spanos and 14 other people were arrested in investigation of alleged racket.
20 Feb 2014
First LNG Bunkering for Seagoing Vessel at Zeebrugge
"In the future, these safe bunkering operations will become routine," says LNG supplier.
20 Feb 2014
ISTFIX Black Sea & Mediterranean Freight Index Report: 2014 Week 7
Black Sea and Mediterranean rates entered third week of relatively stagnant trend.
19 Feb 2014
Malta Maritime Hub Plans Moving Forward
Forty-five parties have expressed interest in helping to develop services at the site.
18 Feb 2014
Singapore Bunker Supplier in New Malta Venture
"I believe that Malta has the potential to punch well above its weight class."
17 Feb 2014
ISTFIX Black Sea & Mediterranean Freight Index Report: 2014 Week 6
Freight rates across Black Sea sustained sideways movement this week while Eastern Mediterranean weakened.
13 Feb 2014