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NEDA Maritime MRV-Ready, Says Verifavia
Verifavia, which conducted a "pre-verification GAP-Analysis" audit on NEDA Maritime, says the company is "on course" for MRV regulation compliance.
24 Feb 2016
UPDATE: CMA CGM Deny it is in Talks to Order 20,000 TEU Capacity Box Ships
South Korean shipyards HHI, SHI, and DSME said they are in preliminary talks with CMA CGM, but the shipper tells Ship & Bunker they are not.
24 Feb 2016
Qingshan Shipyard Delivers Second Eco-Friendly Bulk Carrier to Croatian Owner
Chinese shipyard completes order for environmentally sustainable handy-size bulk carriers to Croatia-based shipping company.
24 Feb 2016
Market Rebalance Could Contain Price Spikes Due to Investment Declines: IEA
IEA calls current industry investment cuts "historic" and a major concern.
24 Feb 2016
MGO Premium Relative to HFO Getting Significantly Larger [Graph]
This dramatic fall in bunker prices has somewhat masked the significant rise in MGO's price relative to IFO380.
24 Feb 2016
Crude Down on OPEC Comments
Bunkers were relatively flat early in the day but softened as the day went on.
23 Feb 2016
MOL Launches Efficiency Boosting Big Data Trial
MOL says the big data initiative is being launched in cooperation with Class NK's Ship Data Centre.
23 Feb 2016
Russia: $50 Oil OK for the Long Term, and Nations Controlling 75% of Crude Exports Support Output Cap
$50 oil would likely mean bunkers in the $250 to $300 pmt range, significantly less than the $600+ pmt they were paying as recently as mid 2014.
23 Feb 2016
Baltic Dry Index Edges Up Again, as Players Agree Scrapping is the Only Way to Get Real Recovery
In the meantime, players should ignore low bunker prices and continue to slow steam.
23 Feb 2016
Crude Futures Rise
Oil prices caught support from a firm equities market.
22 Feb 2016
Djibouti Player Reports Growing Bunker Volumes
"Djibouti is now established as a very efficient and safe bunkering hub for Red Sea Channel," says the bunker player.
22 Feb 2016
Monjasa Appoints New COO
Monjasa Appoints New COO
Group consolidation is said to be "top of agenda."
22 Feb 2016
Golden Ocean Finalises $200 Million Share Issue
Golden Ocean Friday announced that it has successfully completed private placement of new shares at NOK 5.00 per new share.
22 Feb 2016
Star Bulk Joins Capesize Vessel Pool
Star Bulk says it has entered into a 65 vessel Capesize pooling agreement with CTM, Golden Ocean, and Bocimar International.
22 Feb 2016
China COSCO Shipping Aiming for 2 Million TEU Capacity by 2018
2 Million TEU would make the new entity resulting from the merger of China Cosco Group and China Shipping Group the third largest carrier in the world.
22 Feb 2016
WSS Warns On Wax Build Up When Using Low Sulfur Fuels
"Prevention of this waxy sludge is much easier than finding a cure," Sachin Gupta of WSS warns for use of low sulfur distillate fuels in cold temperatures.
22 Feb 2016
Bunkers Stolen from Vessel at Anchor off Chinese Coast
About 39 mt of low sulfur MGO is reported to have been stolen from the 176,346 DWT Nord Power while it was in the Tianjin outer anchorage.
22 Feb 2016
BDI Continues Upward as Higher Bunker Prices Spark Hopes of Support for Capesize Segment
The Baltic Dry Index gained 2 points on Friday to reach 315, marking one straight week of positive movement.
19 Feb 2016
One Third of Oil Companies at Risk of Bankruptcy This Year: Deloitte
Low commodity prices are blamed for an inability to generate cash and pay off debts.
19 Feb 2016
Golden Ocean CEO: Company is in a "Very Serious Situation"
However, despite posting a net loss of $69.3 million for Q4, Billung says the dry bulk market "will repair faster than any analysts expects."
19 Feb 2016