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Wärtsilä Introduces "Game-Changing" Dual-Fuel Engines
The two-stroke engines promise LNG capacity for more vessel types.
13 Nov 2013
Risk Management: Why You Should Hedge Bunkers in Today's Market
Risk Management: Why You Should Hedge Bunkers in Today's Market
Hedging exposure to fuel prices allows executives to focus their time on what they do best, running their company and securing its competitive edge.
13 Nov 2013
Hapag-Lloyd: Bunker Prices High, Freight Rates Clearly Too Low
"Irrational" rate drops in October "totally incomprehensible," board chair says.
13 Nov 2013
Bunker Prices Soft as WTI Drops to Lowest Level Since May
WTI plummeted $2.10 today, ending the session at $93.04, the lowest level since May, while Brent dropped $0.59 by day's end to settle at $105.81.
12 Nov 2013
US Shipper Orders Largest Ever Dual-Fuel Engines for Containerships
The high-efficiency engines will be capable of running on HFO, MDO, or LNG, MAN Diesel says.
12 Nov 2013
Port of Oakland Completes New Shore Power Infrastructure
The California port says it has reduced PM emissions 70% and its new shore power infrastructure will further reduce pollution.
12 Nov 2013
GAC: Bunker Trade has Become More Complicated
Global Director of GAC Bunker Fuels Nicholas Browne says to be successful, traders must be sure that their clients can and will pay up.
12 Nov 2013
OW Bunker: Significant Hedging Opportunities in Current Bunker Market
Supplier says for 2014 it expects to see more hedging and the use of multiple hedging instruments to balance risk.
11 Nov 2013
Crude Markets Start the Week Moving Up
WTI rose $0.54 and settled at $95.14, while Brent gained $1.28 to end the session at $106.40.
11 Nov 2013
Dry Bulk Shipper Plans Fuel-Efficiency Upgrades
Baltic Trading will spend about $250,000 per vessel to increase ships' future earnings potential.
11 Nov 2013
Tricks of the Bunker Trade: Tank Soundings to Detect Bunker Fuel Concealment
Tricks of the Bunker Trade: Tank Soundings to Detect Bunker Fuel Concealment
Always use own sounding tape and a ruler to report exact sounding or ullage.
8 Nov 2013
Crude Falls Back to Four-Month Low
Bunker prices moved with crude and were softer in the primary ports.
7 Nov 2013
ExxonMobil: Flow Meters are "Bringing Bunkering into the 21st Century"
Field Marketing Manager Iain White tells Ship & Bunker the technology can save bunker buyers time and money.
7 Nov 2013
Eco-Shipping is Booming Because it's "Quite Inexpensive"
Reducing fuel use helps with costs, and winning business from environmentally conscious customers.
7 Nov 2013
Another Navy Officer Charged in Bribe Scandal
"This massive Navy fraud and bribery investigation continues to widen."
7 Nov 2013
Class Society Calls for Inspections to Stop Repeat of MOL Comfort Sinking
ClassNK says it offers free support to containership crews to identify shell plate deformations.
7 Nov 2013
Bunker Prices Inch Up as WTI Makes Gains
Bunker buyers advised to clear their near term bunker purchases.
6 Nov 2013
LNG-powered Greenstream Tanker Wins KNVTS Ship of the Year
"This was very much unexplored territory," Alewijnse Marine Systems says of the ship's development.
6 Nov 2013
Lower Bunker Prices Help Put K Line in Black in H1 2013
The company said streamlining services, improving efficiency, and slow steaming helped its results.
6 Nov 2013
Oil Prices Fall Back Over Rising Stockpile Speculation
WTI fell $1.20 to settle at $93.42/bbl, while Brent dropped $0.90, settling at $105.33/bbl. Bunker prices were soft in the primary ports.
5 Nov 2013
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