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Rising Bunker Costs Drive Focus on Marine Engine Performance: CMT

Higher bunker prices are putting greater pressure on shipowners to improve engine efficiency and control fuel consumption, CM Technologies say.

28 Sep 2026

Island Oil Rebrands as Island Energies

The group has brought four companies under a single identity as it broadens its focus across the energy sector.

28 Sep 2026

Classification Societies Join Maritime Anti-Corruption Network

ABS, DNV and RINA are the first classification societies to join the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network.

28 Sep 2026

PaxOcean and Ulstein to Design Methanol-Ready Offshore Wind Ship

The vessel will support offshore wind operations and be prepared for methanol and fully electric operations.

28 Sep 2026

ANALYSIS: $14/mt Separates the Best and Worst Singapore Bunker Suppliers on the Cost of Doing Business, Fuelsure Data Shows

Fuelsure data shared with Ship & Bunker puts a number on what happens after the deal is fixed, port by port and supplier by supplier.

28 Sep 2026

Oil Falls On Renewed Hope For A U.S./Iran Truce - Despite Nuclear Ambitions Staying Put

The deal would supposedly reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week.

25 Sep 2026

Kickster Adds EUA Request-for-Quote Service to FuelEU Marketplace

Kickster had launched its Kickster Fuel EU Marketplace digital platform in March.

25 Sep 2026

Brittany Ferries Achieves Up to 6% Fuel Savings with Digital Twin Routing

The solution has been deployed across nine vessels following onboard trials aboard Galicia.

25 Sep 2026

Four Places a Shipping Company's EU ETS Cost Can Get Stuck in the Charter Chain: Analysis

Full-scope surrender has arrived, but the right to recover the cost still has to cross every contract in the chain, an operations analyst argues.

25 Sep 2026

Seafarer Welfare: Industry Can Back the IMO but Governments Need to Act, Says IBIA's Hughes

A five-year review finds welfare gains have not reached most crews, attacks at sea go on, and insurers are now being asked to check on both.

25 Sep 2026

CSL OWL SRI Launches Methanol-Capable Rock Installation Vessel

The first of two new subsea rock installation vessels will support offshore wind projects.

24 Sep 2026

Brent Hits $107 Per Barrel As UN Disappoints And Iran Threatens To Take War To Indian Ocean

Meanwhile, the Saudis enjoy considerable success navigating the "closed" Hormuz strait.

24 Sep 2026

Flexibility Seen as Key to Shipping's Fuel Transition: SMI CEO

Sustainable Markets Initiative CEO Jennifer Jordan-Saifi says flexible fuel strategies can help shipowners navigate uncertainty over the future marine fuel mix.

24 Sep 2026

Shipping's 2030 Zero-Emission Fuel Target at Greater Risk: Report

The new report argues that the failure to adopt the Net-Zero Framework last year has weakened momentum towards shipping's 2030 zero-emission fuel target.

24 Sep 2026

CLdN Orders Two LNG Dual-Fuel RoRo Vessels

The two LNG dual-fuel ships are expected to be delivered in 2029.

24 Sep 2026

Hoegh Autoliners Orders Six More LNG Dual-Fuel Vessels

The PCTCs are suitable for conversion to methanol or ammonia propulsion in the future.

24 Sep 2026

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report 2026: Week 38

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from September 17 – September 23, 2026.

24 Sep 2026

VIEWPOINT: Should You Worry About Your Bunkering Agreements? Maybe You Should

Two maritime lawyers on the contract terms that bite when fuel prices double: uncapped late-payment interest and quality-claim deadlines shorter than the tests.

24 Sep 2026 · Jaison Kallikkanathu John and Danish Shadab

Seascale Energy Co-CEO Olivier Josse to Retire in December

Gaetan Perret will succeed Josse as co-CEO alongside Peter Grünwaldt while also taking over as Cargill's Vice President, Marine Fuels.

23 Sep 2026

ZEMBA Buyers Alliance Adds DSV, Google and Microsoft as Members

ZEMBA initiative brings together shipping users seeking acceleration of the industry's decarbonisation.

23 Sep 2026