World News

Bunkers Are Getting Cheaper Relative to Crude as Prices Slide to Multi-Year Low
Last year bunker prices across four primary ports averaged 73.84 percent of the cost of Brent, but slipped to 67.45 percent on Monday.
19 Aug 2015
Crude Up After Soft Start
Positive growth data coming out of the west coupled with anticipation of a large draw in U.S crude stock was the main driver today.
18 Aug 2015
Bunkering at British Island Under Review
The review will address concerns over "superyachts" getting bunkers directly from tankers.
18 Aug 2015
Clarksons Platou: Maersk Line has Won the Price War
Analyst says the carrier's strategy of aggressively lowering its prices has allowed it to take back its share of the global container freight shipping market.
18 Aug 2015
J. Lauritzen: Weakest Dry Bulk Market for the Last 30 Years
"If the dry bulk market is low for a sufficiently long period of time, then there will be no dry bulk carriers left: it's as simple as that," says CEO.
18 Aug 2015
Bunkers Soft as WTI Slips Under $42/bbl
We can expect continued pressure on crude futures as slowdowns in the far east continue to be presentable.
17 Aug 2015
Report: Shore Power to Become Most Impactful Tool in Making Ports More Energy Efficient
Organization points to "enormous associated environmental improvements" and existing shore power regulatory requirements in the EU and California.
17 Aug 2015
Deltamarin Introduces "the Future Container Feeder Design"
Company says vessel designed to be "best-in-class design in terms of cargo capacity, flexibility and fuel economy."
17 Aug 2015
Maersk Line: 2015 Q2 Net Profit Down 7.3% Year-on-Year
Company cites plunging freight rates on the Asia-Europe trade, but promising to hold their lead position in the global container shipping market.
17 Aug 2015
Global Risk Management Adds Two to Denmark Trading Team
Michael Korsager Nielsen will be a Senior Trader, while Nicholas Foo has been transferred from Singapore to be a Trader.
17 Aug 2015
Better Margins and Cheaper Bunkers Improves OOCL Profits
H1 fuel costs for OOCL fell by roughly 38 percent.
14 Aug 2015
Tanker Recovery Continues to Push Tanker Investments Ahead
Results were relatively on par with the first quarter of 2015, when the company reports its best quarterly profit since inception.
14 Aug 2015
Crude Futures Soft, Despite Stronger Start to the Day
The overall sentiment is that crude futures will stay below $50.00 per barrel for quite sometime which will keep favorable prices for bunker buyers.
13 Aug 2015
Endofa Explains Losses, Future Plans
Endofa company is well funded with a bright future ahead of it, co-founder and Managing Partner Kenn Soendergaard has told Ship & Bunker.
13 Aug 2015
Slight Firming for Crude Futures
EIA data showed that U.S crude inventories incurred a 1.7 million barrel draw last week.
12 Aug 2015
Crude Continues to Soften
OPEC reported that oil supplies outside the group will rise by 90,000 bpd this year.
11 Aug 2015
Hanjin: Q2 Operating Profit Swells Due to Cost Saving Efforts, Lower Bunker Costs
While total sales decreased 6.3%, Hanjin says overall year-on-year operating profit has grown by 147.7% as a result of "continuous cost saving efforts."
11 Aug 2015
Demand for Efficiency Tech Not Dampened by Cheap Bunkers
MAN Diesel & Turbo said that demand for its Kappel propeller has been steady and growing.
11 Aug 2015
Integr8 Expands with New Offices in Mumbai, Istanbul
At the new location in Mumbai, India is Kaman Singh, and Damla Aktay is in Istanbul, Turkey.
11 Aug 2015
Malta Bunker Dispute: Feyza Genç Owners Say Arrest Warrant Unfair, Supplier Says Bunker Bill Still Unpaid
However both parties tell Ship & Bunker they have been unable to contact Turkish trader Global Bunkers Ltd regarding the dispute.
10 Aug 2015