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BUNKER JOBS: Global Risk Management Seeks Analyst

The company is looking for candidates with a degree in business, IT, engineering or related fields.

26 Aug 2021

Europe LNG Bunker Price Spike Seen as Temporary

"Although prices are currently very high, it will not affect the business case for LNG-fueled vessels," Titan LNG's Flip Dankelman told Ship & Bunker.

26 Aug 2021

NSI Reports Bunker Sales Heading for 18-Month High

The company's sales for August are set to be at the highest level by tonnage since February 2020.

25 Aug 2021

Bunker Supplier TFG Marine Adds Mass Flow Meter to West African Barge

The company has had the system installed on its chartered barge the Queensway Vemahonesty.

25 Aug 2021

MOL Works With Tata Steel on Bulker With Reduced Emissions

One of the technologies they will consider using will be a rigid sail system MOL is already examining in its 'Wind Challenger' project.

25 Aug 2021

Maritec: Low-Flashpoint VLSFO Persists in Singapore and Malaysia

Singapore testing firm Maritec has followed up on its note from two weeks ago reporting flashpoint problems in Southeast Asia.

25 Aug 2021 · Maritec

Oil Rises Again, Claws Back Previous Losses On China's Triumph Over Delta

U.S. FDA approval of Covid vaccines also buoy sentiment.

24 Aug 2021

Maersk Orders Eight More Methanol-Fuelled Ships

The company has ordered eight 16,000 TEU boxships for delivery from the first quarter of 2024, all designed to run on green methanol, with an option for four more in 2025.

24 Aug 2021

Production Deal Signed for Fuel-Saving Retractable Bow Foils

The firm has signed an agreement with Norway-based I P Huse to produce its largest products.

24 Aug 2021

Banks Bet $1.5 Billion on Shipping Firms' Emissions Reduction Plans

Taken together, the sum raised in sustainability-linked credit for the shipping industry so far amounts to a considerable bet on the industry's ability to decarbonise.

23 Aug 2021

Methanol Institute Calls For Well-to-Wake Bunker GHG Analysis

The organisation has published a report setting out its policy position ahead of the next MEPC meeting at the IMO and COP 26.

23 Aug 2021

Lignin-Alcohol Bunker Blends Still on the Cards for Maersk

Maersk mooted the idea earlier this year of blending lignin with methanol or ethanol to produce a low-carbon bunker fuel blend with a higher energy density than the alcohols would have on their own.

23 Aug 2021

Global Average Scrubber Spread Drops Below $100/MT For First Time Since January

The spread fell to $99.50/mt on Wednesday and has remained below $100/mt since then.

23 Aug 2021

Oil Headed For 6% Weekly Drop As Analysts Worry About Further Covid Restrictions

One expert concedes that demand outlook is good in many parts of the world.

20 Aug 2021

UK Hydrogen Lobby Chief Quits Over 'Expensive Distraction' of Blue Hydrogen

The UK government launched a new national hydrogen strategy this week, seeking to give support to the production of both green hydrogen -- produced via electrolysis using renewable power -- and blue hydrogen, made using fossil fuels.

20 Aug 2021

UECC's Second Hybrid LNG-Battery Car Carrier Launches in China

The ship was launched at Jiangnan Shipyard this week a year after steel was first cut on the vessel.

20 Aug 2021

DNV Gives Preliminary Approval to Ammonia-Ready Gas-Powered VLCC Design

DNV has given its approval in principle to the tanker design from Samsung Heavy Industries.

20 Aug 2021

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2021 Week 33

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from August 12 – August 18, 2021.

19 Aug 2021

INTERVIEW: Container Giant Maersk Discusses Ramping Up Methanol Supply

Berit Hinnemann, head of decarbonisation business development at Maersk, explains the company's thinking around scaling up its methanol supply in the coming years.

19 Aug 2021

VT Group Hires Global Account Manager From Wärtsilä

Claudia Beumer is set to join the firm as global account manager from September 1.

19 Aug 2021