September, 2017
Date Headline Image
Fri29Sep
BIMCO: Shipping Can't Afford to Be Another Kodak
Papagiannopoulos warns the industry to not follow in the footsteps of Eastman Kodak, who "failed to grasp the significance of a technological transition that threatened its business," Steve Leonard writes for Ship & Bunker.
 BIMCO: Shipping Can't Afford to Be Another Kodak
Wed27Sep
Industry Insight: Sulfur Testing, VPS Quality Approach
What measures are taken by testing laboratories to produce accurate, robust results with 95% confidence level?
 Industry Insight: Sulfur Testing, VPS Quality Approach
Mon25Sep
Three Reasons Why We Need to Embrace Technology in Bunkering Now
"Today if you order a $15 pizza online you will get more information about its delivery than you will if you order a $1.5 Million bunker stem," Oilfront's Danny Soos writes for Ship & Bunker.
 Three Reasons Why We Need to Embrace Technology in Bunkering Now
Wed20Sep
2020 Sulfur Cheats: Can Monitoring the Emissions of the Entire Global Fleet Ever be Possible? This Company Says "Yes"
"Mandating this type of technology should be straightforward as something similar already exists within the aviation field," Green Sea Guard managing director Anita Bradshaw tells Ship & Bunker.
 2020 Sulfur Cheats: Can Monitoring the Emissions of the Entire Global Fleet Ever be Possible? This Company Says "Yes"
Thu14Sep
Industry Insight: Ballast Water - A Challenge Not a Reprieve
"The IMO has thrown down the gauntlet to the industry, to prepare in the next two years for what they hadn't managed to ready themselves for in the previous 13," De Nora's Don Stephen writes for Ship & Bunker.
 Industry Insight: Ballast Water - A Challenge Not a Reprieve
Tue12Sep
2020: Time for Shipping Companies to Consider a New Fuel Procurement Strategy
"As we approach 2020 the one certainty is the fuel procurement process will become far more complicated, and Shipping companies will consider ways to outsource this function," Steve Leonard writes for Ship & Bunker.
 2020: Time for Shipping Companies to Consider a New Fuel Procurement Strategy
August, 2017
Date Headline Image
Wed30Aug
This Is How the Bunker Industry Should Be Thinking for 2020
"The three largest traders have the most to gain with 2020, and have been gifted an opportunity for which they need to step up their game and do so now," writes Steve Leonard.
 This Is How the Bunker Industry Should Be Thinking for 2020
Mon28Aug
Industry Insight: Understanding the Need for Mass Flow Meter Fuel Delivery Monitoring
"VPS MFM Quick-Screen data has shown a number of deliveries failing to comply with TR48," writes VPS' Steve Bee.
 Industry Insight: Understanding the Need for Mass Flow Meter Fuel Delivery Monitoring
Thu24Aug
Bunker Sales Decline in Russian Far East Market Has Levelled Off: Results of the Half-Year 1H 2017
The decline has slowed, but Far East bunker sales are half of 2014 levels.
 Bunker Sales Decline in Russian Far East Market Has Levelled Off: Results of the Half-Year 1H 2017
July, 2017
Date Headline Image
Wed26Jul
"Don't Do Me Like That" – IMO Bunker Rules to Provide Major Challenges to Anode Coke Markets
Turner Mason and Cascade Resources, having analyzed this market some 20 months ago in consort with AZ China, concluded at that time a looming major deficit in this critical raw material, necessary for the production of primary aluminum.
 "Don't Do Me Like That" – IMO Bunker Rules to Provide Major Challenges to Anode Coke Markets