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Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 32
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 32
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from August 2 – August 8, 2018.
9 Aug 2018
SEA\LNG Adds Mexico's ÉNESTAS to its Membership
SEA\LNG Adds Mexico's ÉNESTAS to its Membership
Addition will help boost the LNG bunker advocates' presence in the Americas.
9 Aug 2018
Aegean Announces Appointments and Departures, New Management Committee
Aegean Announces Appointments and Departures, New Management Committee
Changes include Sal Drago returning as Global Director of Supply and Trading and CFO Pavlos Papageorgiou leaving after 4 months.
9 Aug 2018
U.S. Crude Plummets 3.2 Percent on Higher Than Expected Stockpiles, Fear of Waning Demand
U.S. Crude Plummets 3.2 Percent on Higher Than Expected Stockpiles, Fear of Waning Demand
Still, analysts maintain that a supply tightening is imminent.
8 Aug 2018
Scrubber Super Profits: DHT Goes In-Depth on its $55M IMO 2020 EGCS Plans
Scrubber Super Profits: DHT Goes In-Depth on its $55M IMO 2020 EGCS Plans
Highlights include "numerous proposals" to finance the project, ROI in less then a year, and a VLCC's average earnings boost of $12,000 per day.
8 Aug 2018
Crude Prices Steady Despite Iranian Sanctions and Inventory Decline
Crude Prices Steady Despite Iranian Sanctions and Inventory Decline
ANZ thinks the market is getting comfortable with geopolitical tensions.
7 Aug 2018
Navig8 Newbuilds Fitted With Scrubbers
Navig8 Newbuilds Fitted With Scrubbers
Firm has taken delivery of the first of eight scrubber-fitted LR2 newbuilds.
7 Aug 2018
Sea Oil Expands Bunker Trading Operations to Europe with Appointment of Bunker Industry Veteran Neil Lamerton
Sea Oil Expands Bunker Trading Operations to Europe with Appointment of Bunker Industry Veteran Neil Lamerton
The European expansion of the company "is the next logical choice," says Lamerton.
7 Aug 2018
Houston, Singapore, Panama Fuel Contamination: Aderco Offers "Get Me Home" Solution to Bad Bunkers
Houston, Singapore, Panama Fuel Contamination: Aderco Offers "Get Me Home" Solution to Bad Bunkers
"Whilst not a magic wand, we offer a practical solution," says Group Technical Director, Olivier d'Olne.
6 Aug 2018
Modest Drop in Saudi Crude Production Triggers Mass Fear of Supply Depletion
Modest Drop in Saudi Crude Production Triggers Mass Fear of Supply Depletion
Goldman Sachs insists we are heading for a "very, very tight oil market."
6 Aug 2018
Balboa Bad Bunker Claim: Meadway Seeking $2.1M in Damages After Main Engine Injectors Seize
Balboa Bad Bunker Claim: Meadway Seeking $2.1M in Damages After Main Engine Injectors Seize
Lab test show the fuel shares characteristics with similar "bad bunker" complaints that have emerged over recent months.
6 Aug 2018
BIMCO, ECSA Stress need for United Front in Face of IMO 2020, IMO 2050
BIMCO, ECSA Stress need for United Front in Face of IMO 2020, IMO 2050
It is crucial that the shipping industry speaks with one voice at European and global level, says BIMCO's Papagiannopoulos.
6 Aug 2018
IMO 2020 Impact on Fuel Oil Stocks Already Starting to Show
IMO 2020 Impact on Fuel Oil Stocks Already Starting to Show
Some refineries have also started to reduce their output.
6 Aug 2018
Crude Prices Retreat on Friday, But Analysts Predict Major Supply Shock
Crude Prices Retreat on Friday, But Analysts Predict Major Supply Shock
Once more, experts can't imagine global producers being able to compensate for Iranian and Venezuelan crude losses.
3 Aug 2018
Hapag-Lloyd: Switch to IMO 2020 Fuels to Start in 4Q 2019
Hapag-Lloyd: Switch to IMO 2020 Fuels to Start in 4Q 2019
"No one right way to go," for compliance route, says carrier.
3 Aug 2018
Pioneering Alternative Marine Power Project Comes to a Close After 15 Years
Pioneering Alternative Marine Power Project Comes to a Close After 15 Years
The FellowSHIP research project has explored the use of battery, hybrid, and fuel cell technology.
3 Aug 2018
Bomin: Quality Will Keep Buyers Loyal
Bomin: Quality Will Keep Buyers Loyal
Bomin Group's managing director Jan Christensen tells Ship & Bunker that the new trading platforms will find it tough, just like everyone else.
3 Aug 2018
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 31
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 31
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from July 26 – August 1, 2018.
2 Aug 2018
Crude Rises Despite More Talk - and Evidence - of Market Stability
Crude Rises Despite More Talk - and Evidence - of Market Stability
A drop in U.S. stockpiles was the trigger for Thursday's gains.
2 Aug 2018
Vladisvostok: Bunker Fuel Sales Jump 60%
Vladisvostok: Bunker Fuel Sales Jump 60%
In first half of 2018.
2 Aug 2018