World News

$10 Trillion Required to Avoid Future Bunker Price Spike
But some observers question whether this level of investment is feasible.
30 Dec 2015
OW Bunker Shareholders Welcome Critical Report Released by Bankruptcy Trustees
It is expected that the newly released report by OW Bunker bankruptcy trustees will make it easier for investors to get their money back.
30 Dec 2015
New OW Bunker Report is Good News for Investors and Creditors, Says Expert
Søren Friis Hansen of CBS says that those who lost money in the OW Bunker collapse now "have a good chance of getting at least part of their money back."
30 Dec 2015
US Oil Companies Set to Be Sidelined When Iran Sanctions Are Lifted
But all European countries will get carte blanche to conduct transactions.
30 Dec 2015
OW Bankruptcy Could Have Been Avoided, Says New Report
Information regarding OW Bunker's oil speculation activities that should have been known by management was not disclosed.
30 Dec 2015
India Working to Replace Diesel with LNG Bunkers for Inland Navigation
A switch to LNG is said to have the potential to bring an estimated 25 percent savings in comparison to diesel.
30 Dec 2015
Brent, WTI Move Back Above $37/bll
But OPEC producers are still pumping enough product for there to be another slide in crude oil prices near term.
29 Dec 2015
Dry Bulk 2016: Only Companies With Very Strong Balance Sheets Will Get Through This Storm
Low bunker prices are one of the few positives in the coming year in for dry bulk.
29 Dec 2015
Study Details "Significant Reductions in Tanker Air Pollution" from New ECA Rules
While particulate matter and SOx emissions were "substantially reduced," NOx emissions have only been "somewhat reduced."
29 Dec 2015
WTI, Brent Start the Week With $1+ Losses
The selloff was triggered by early Asian data indicating Japanese crude purchasing had fallen to 46 year lows.
28 Dec 2015
Meech to Follow Jorgensen as New IBIA Chairman
Intertek ShipCare's Global Technical Manager Michael Green will replace Meech as Vice-Chairman.
28 Dec 2015
Singapore's Mercator Forced to Sell Three Bulkers to Service Debt
Mercator says it received a notice of enforcement from an undisclosed mortgagee requesting that the second-hand vessels be sold.
28 Dec 2015
Georgia Holds First GloMEEP National Workshop of the Energy Efficiency Project for Shipping
The national workshop is said to have focused on raising awareness of energy-efficiency regulations of MARPOL's chapter 4.
25 Dec 2015
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 51
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 51
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24 Dec 2015
Idle Box Ship Fleet Decreases For First Time Since July
The number if idle vessels has fallen to 306, or 1.33 million TEUs, after earlier looking like it was heading for an all time high by the end of December.
24 Dec 2015
Curved Bow Reported to Provide 5% Bunker Savings
The 540 TEU container ship's bow is said to enable fuel savings by reducing wind pressure on the ship by 30 percent compared to conventional vessels.
24 Dec 2015
OPEC "Living in a Time Warp" say Critics, As Cartel Releases its Latest World Oil Outlook
The Telegraph notes it was warned by Saudi Arabia 30 years ago that "The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones."
24 Dec 2015
Crude Futures Firm 3%
We are still witnessing 7 year lows and it is more than likely that the market will sustain the low environment well into 2016.
23 Dec 2015
LNG Shipping To See Consolidation, Survivors Seen In "Prime Position" In Market
Shipping experts told Reuters that a wave of deals is coming in the downtrodden LNG sector, but that a "cull" will ultimately be good for business.
23 Dec 2015
Brent Crude Prices Hit 11-Year Low
Prices for the benchmark crude neared $36 per barrel Monday, the lowest level since July 2004.
22 Dec 2015