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Crude Ends Flat After a Volatile Day
The largest oil terminal in Nigeria was reported to be closed due to militant threats leaving the 300,000 barrel per day production hanging in the balance.
19 May 2016
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2016 Week 19
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2016 Week 19
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from May 12 – May 18, 2016.
19 May 2016
Kilduff Revises March Prediction of $25 Oil, Now Estimates Prices Could "Easily Correct" to $35
The analyst reiterates his position that a true market rebalance won't happen any time soon.
19 May 2016
China COSCO Has No Intention of Routing Ships Through Arctic Despite Government Encouragement
The company says routing its ships through the Arctic would present too much risk to their ships and customers' cargo.
19 May 2016
Crude Edges Down After a Choppy Day in the Market
Prices found pressure from a strong dollar while being supported from demand in refined products.
18 May 2016
Delivery of Containerships' New LNG-Powered Box Ships Delayed Until 2018
Vessels were expected to have been delivered in the the first half of 2017.
18 May 2016
Cem Saral to Replace Karl Beeson as Group CEO of Cockett Marine Oil
Beeson to step down on September 1, 2016 after eight years in the role.
18 May 2016
BIMCO: Bunker Contract Amendments Not a Foregone Conclusion Following Res Cogitans OW Bunker Test Case Outcome
"The "Res Cogitans" is based upon a specific set of circumstances which we need to consider carefully," BIMCO's Grant Hunter tells Ship & Bunker.
18 May 2016
Crude Benchmarks Near the $50/bbl Level
Prices have regained more than 80% from the 12 year bottom experienced earlier this year.
17 May 2016
WWL in Voluntary Move to Limit At-Berth Bunkers to 0.10% Sulfur in All Global Ports
"If WWL can follow a <0.1 percent sulfur limit at berth in one part of the world, we can adhere to the same in all ports," says Anna Larsson.
17 May 2016
Brent Hits 6 Month High as Capital Economics Says Price Rally "Has Gone Too Far"
Larger falls in supply and increases in demand are required for true market stability, it argues.
17 May 2016
Kuwait: Market Can't Take Increased Iranian Oil Production
But the Islamic Republic turns a deaf ear to Kuwait's argument that the market can no longer take the strain.
17 May 2016
Crude Benchmarks Leap on Supply Fears
The bulls were tempered though as Genscape hinted at an inventory build last week.
16 May 2016
Oil Jumps in Early Monday Trading as Goldman Says Market Now in Deficit, Another Tricky Week Ahead for Bunkers?
With reasons for oil to make a sizeable jump in either direction, volatility then, is perhaps what bunker markets should expect this week.
16 May 2016
Kilduff: Here Are Three Reasons Why the Oil Market Won't Rebalance Soon
I don't see this market coming into balance until at least the first quarter of 2017, if not later, says Kilduff.
16 May 2016
OPEC: Fundamentally, Oversupply Still Persists
The cartel contradicts IEA predictions, says the global glut will increase to 950,000 barrels if its members keep producing full-tilt.
16 May 2016
Dan-Bunkering Announces New Singapore Trader and Stamford Transfer
Brenda Lim has been employed as Bunker Trader in Singapore, while Kasper Rosenberg has been transferred to Stamford office from Middlefart.
13 May 2016
Third of Five APT LNG-Ready ECO Tanker Newbuilds Christened
APT's newest vessel, Garden State, is the third of five 50,000 DWT, LNG conversion-ready, and fuel efficient ECO Class tankers.
13 May 2016
IBIA Calls on Bunker Industry to "Think Innovatively " to Overcome OW Bunker Double Payment Situations
"Overall, when a customer makes payment, that customer must be assured that it will not have to make the payment more than once," says IBIA.
13 May 2016
New Container Carrier Alliance, THE Alliance, Announced
The group of six carriers is set control 18 percent of the world's container capacity.
13 May 2016