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BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Jumps to Two-Week High

Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index rose to the highest level since April 17 on Monday.

30 Apr 2024

New Cruise Ship Design Comes With LNG Bunkering and Up to 100% Wind Propulsion

The design comes with three rigid sails with tilting masts, which will be able to provide up to 100% of the vessels' propulsion needs in the right weather conditions.

30 Apr 2024

Oil Drops As Traders Turn Blind Eye To Israeli Air Strikes, Focus On Peace Talks

Meanwhile, anticipation regarding the Fed switches from cuts back to hikes.

29 Apr 2024

Hoegh Autoliners Doubles Biofuel Bunker Use in 2023

But biofuel "unlikely to become the long-term solution for decarbonising shipping" with its first zero carbon ammonia vessel "on the water in 2027".

29 Apr 2024

Red Sea Bunkering Reports Healthy Bunker Demand as Shipping Activity Gains 9% in April

A decline in the frequency of Houthi attacks last month may have driven an increase in shipping activity around Djibouti, a Red Sea Bunkering representative tells Ship & Bunker.

29 Apr 2024

BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Rallies at End of Week

Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index rose by $2/mt to $664/mt on Friday, paring the decline since the previous week to $1/mt.

29 Apr 2024

TotalEnergies Appoints SVP of New Aviation and Marine Fuels Division

The Singapore-based executive has worked for the company since 2003.

29 Apr 2024

IMO to Fund Shore Power Projects

Namibia, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago to receive funds to develop detailed technical proposals.

26 Apr 2024

Oil Ends Week With Modest Gains As Israel Strikes Lebanon

But analysts remain largely unimpressed by the commodity's performance.

26 Apr 2024

WNTI Proposes Overhaul of Decades-Old IMO Nuclear-Powered Shipping Regulation

The organisation has submitted a document to the UN body's Maritime Safety Committee setting out its position on the Code of Safety for Nuclear Merchant Ships, adopted in 1981.

26 Apr 2024

World Kinect Marine Profits Jumped to One-Year High in Q1 as Volumes Climbed

The firm had a Q1 profit margin on its bunker sales of $6.19/mt, up from $4.51/mt in Q4 and compared to an average since 2015 of $2.64/mt.

26 Apr 2024

BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops for First Session in Three

Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index fell by $2/mt to $662/mt on Thursday, erasing the previous day's $1.50/mt gain.

26 Apr 2024

US Sets National Goal of Zero-Emissions Freight Sector

Ships and ports included in $1.5 Billion package to support transition to zero-emissions.

25 Apr 2024

MPCC Gets Sustainable Finance Deal for Methanol Newbuilds

The box ships are set for delivery later this year.

25 Apr 2024

Marine Engine Maker Says it Falsified Fuel Consumption, Emissions Data for Decades

Government investigating after test results altered 'to make the fuel consumption data look better'.

25 Apr 2024

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report 2024: Week 16

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from April 18 – April 24, 2024.

25 Apr 2024

Avenir LNG Orders Two 20,000 M3 LNG Bunker Delivery Vessels

The firm has ordered the 20,000 m3 ships from Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co.

25 Apr 2024

Global Q1 VLSFO Off-Spec Jumps to One-Year High: Verifuel

About 1.7% of the VLSFO samples analysed by Verifuel in Q1 were found to be off-specification, the company tells Ship & Bunker.

25 Apr 2024

Full-scale Testing for MAN Energy Ammonia Dual-fuel Unit to Start in July

Engine being built in Japan under licence.

25 Apr 2024

ARA Port Officials Meet VPS, TFG Marine, Metcore and IBIA to Discuss MFMs

Officials from the Port of Rotterdam and Port of Antwerp-Bruges met representatives from VPS, TFG Marine, Metcore International and IBIA on Wednesday to discuss MFMs.

25 Apr 2024