EMEA News

Video Footage Suggests Fog Hid MV Stena Immaculate Before North Sea Allision

Video footage from Orca AI's lookout unit on the nearby tanker Ionic Aspis suggests that fog may have contributed to the allision in the North Sea.

13 Mar 2025

MelRoh Trading Adds New Barge for Physical Gasoil Supply in Rotterdam

The company has announced its shift from bunker broking to becoming a physical bunker supplier.

13 Mar 2025

Baltic Exchange Integrates Biofuel Blends into FuelEU Maritime Calculator

Adding biofuel blends to the FuelEU calculator will help shipowners assess regulatory impacts on voyage costs.

13 Mar 2025

Andreas Enger on Ammonia: 'Scalable and Cost-efficient'

The chief executive of Hoegh Autoliners tells Ship & Bunker he is optimistic about the development of ammonia as a credible, alternative marine fuel.

12 Mar 2025

Norway's Pherousa Receives Class Approval for Onboard Ammonia Cracking Tech

The cracking technology enables the conversion of ammonia into hydrogen for use in fuel cells or hydrogen-powered engines

12 Mar 2025

Captain of North Sea Crash Container Ship Arrested: Report

The captain - a 59-year-old Russian national - has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

12 Mar 2025

Ships Bound to UAE Required to Submit Cargo Loading Data from June

From June 25, ships bound for UAE ports are required to declare cargo data before loading.

12 Mar 2025

Bound4blue Installs Wind Sails on Odfjell Tanker in Just Two Days

The installation of the sails was done at Antwerp during the vessel's planned drydocking.

12 Mar 2025

Sonan Bunkers Transfers its Rotterdam Physical Operations to Melroh Trading

While Sonan Bunkers will remain the contractual counterparty, Melroh Trading BV will oversee all of its daily bunkering operations at the port.

12 Mar 2025

AYK Energy to Power Svitzer's New Battery-Methanol Tugboat

AYK Energy will be supplying a 6MWh battery system to the world's first battery-methanol tug.

12 Mar 2025

Will Alternative Marine Fuel Ammonia Lead to Fully Automated Bunkering?

The demonstration vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer shows what bunkering with ammonia might look like.

11 Mar 2025

WasteFuel and ITC Partner to Develop Green Methanol Plant in Türkiye

The facility will produce green methanol to meet the growing demand from the shipping industry.

11 Mar 2025

Verde Marine Energy Launches VLSFO Physical Supply in ARA

It will begin supplying VLSFO in the ARA region using the bunker barge MTS Malia starting March 15 in Rotterdam.

11 Mar 2025

SEKAVIN and GCL Strengthen Bunker Fuel Supply Partnership

Both companies will collaborate on bunker fuel procurement, logistics efficiency and alternative fuel sourcing.

11 Mar 2025

Briggs Marine Takes Delivery of Diesel-Electric Vessel

UK-based marine service provider Briggs Marine has taken delivery of a diesel-electric maintenance support vessel.

11 Mar 2025

Vopak Completes First ISCC-Certified UAE Biofuel Bunker Operation

The storage operator facilitated the supply of B24-VLSFO to a ship at the Vopak Horizon Fujairah oil storage terminal.

11 Mar 2025

Tanker and Container Ship on Fire After North Sea Allision

The US-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate and the Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong are reported to have allided at 9:48 UK time on Monday morning.

10 Mar 2025

Bad Weather Disrupts Bunkering at Gibraltar

Sources tell Ship & Bunker that strong wind gusts and heavy swells have disrupted bunkering in Gibraltar.

10 Mar 2025

UniBarge Bunkers Research Ship with Green Methanol at Rotterdam

UniBarge claims green methanol offers carbon emission reductions of up to 90% compared to marine diesel.

10 Mar 2025

Mediterranean Bunker Market in Wait-and-Watch Mode as ECA Nears

Several market sources have told Ship & Bunker that they are not yet making any major changes to their supply chains ahead of the tighter sulfur emission rules.

7 Mar 2025