World News

LNG Bunkers Still Attractive Long Term Despite Oil Price Slide
The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel suggested that shipowners should focus on longer term maintenance benefits that LNG brings.
10 Sep 2015
Russia: 30% of Crude Oil Exports to be Asia-Bound by 2020
Alexander Novak, Russia's energy minister, says the country is working toward diversifying its growing crude oil exports away from the west.
10 Sep 2015
Prima Marine Appoints Former OW Bunker Manager as New Senior Bunker Trader
Veryan Bell is said to specialise in supplying bunkers and lubricants in Africa and Middle East, and is fluent in English and Afrikaans.
10 Sep 2015
New EAL Touts Longer Lasting Results
Royal Purple said that its proprietary additive technology created a thicker, stronger synthetic film.
10 Sep 2015
Brent Sinks Further After Rising Over $50/bbl in Early Trading
We can expect futures to go either way anticipating EIA data on U.S. inventories.
9 Sep 2015
Commercial Ships of 2030 Will Be Smarter, Greener, and have Flexible Powering Options
In particular, maritime autonomous systems are expected to impact maritime security significantly.
9 Sep 2015
Bunker Price Slide Offering Little Relief as Narrowing Margins Mean Carrier Lines Face Tough Fourth Quarter
Operating margins fell to 2.4 percent in the second quarter from 5.3 percent in the first quarter
9 Sep 2015
Morgan Stanley: VLCC Crude Storage Becoming More Attractive
However other sources in the industry say the "economics doesn't work."
9 Sep 2015
Brent Firms, But Stays Under $50/bbl
We can expect futures to go either way anticipating EIA data on U.S. inventories.
8 Sep 2015
Carbon War Room Offering $200,000 Ship Efficiency Grant to Prove 10-15% Fuel Savings Are Possible
CWR has issued a RFP for a $200,000 grant that will help finance the retrofit of a single-vessel with ship efficiency technologies.
8 Sep 2015
Hempel Hails Success of Bunker-Saving Antifouling Coating
Hempel says its antifouling coating HEMPAGUARD has now been applied to more than 350 ships.
8 Sep 2015
Report: Still Not Enough Cruise Ships Using Emission Abatement Techniques
NABU's Cruise Ship Ranking shows that there are still not enough vessels in the industry utilising environmentally friendly emission abatement techniques.
8 Sep 2015
Parker Kittiwake - Procal Expands Emissions Monitoring Systems' Global Distribution, Service Capability
Score Subsea and Wellhead will become the systems integrator for Procal's marine, power, and offshore continuous emissions monitoring analysers.
8 Sep 2015
China to Launch New Oil Futures Contract, Could Seize Control of Oil Prices
The new contract is expected to debut on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange as early as October.
8 Sep 2015
Analysts: Americas Will Shoulder Brunt of Oil Output Cuts as Obama Gains Majority Support on Iran Deal
A.T. Kearney says by 2020 the region could see a decline of up to 1.1 million bpd, while Iran will boost output by 1.5 million bpd.
8 Sep 2015
Drewry: Recovery of Dry Bulk Market a "Long Way Off"
Continued low demand could make it difficult for many shipowners to survive the unfavourable market conditions, says lead analyst Rahul Sharan.
7 Sep 2015
White Paper Published on Bunker Saving Waste Heat Recovery System
Calnetix says there is increasing demand for solutions to reduce fuel consumption.
7 Sep 2015
Drewry: Fleet Growth Will Put Product Tankers Profits Under Pressure
The annual report from Drewry suggests that a growing fleet will negatively impact earnings in product tanker sector over the medium term.
7 Sep 2015
Shipping Industry "Increasingly Convinced" Over Wind Power for Commercial Ship Propulsion
Wind propulsion initiatives are up for three awards at this week's Ship Efficiency Awards.
7 Sep 2015
MOL Testing New Bunker Saving Windshield
MOL says the new containership windshield has the potential to reduce wind resistance, save fuel, and reduce CO2 emissions.
7 Sep 2015