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South Asia Suppliers Address Bunker Quality Rumours
Buyers avoid buying "cheap or unrealistic fuel," a local player tells Ship & Bunker.
22 Mar 2016
Panama Posts 23% Jump in Annual Bunker Sales
The Atlantic coast, with the port of Cristobal, saw greater volume growth than the Atlantic coast.
22 Mar 2016
Critics Dismiss Joint Oil Freeze Talks as "An Empty Gesture" as OPEC Confirms Iran Won't be Participating
Abdullah al-Badri Analysts say declines in U.S. shale and other factors are more important developments to focus on.
22 Mar 2016
Kilduff Says Forget the Hype, Oil Will Fall Back to $25/bbl
The analyst also calls the market reaction to the impending production freeze talks "ridiculous."
22 Mar 2016
India's Gulf Petrochem Initiates Bunkering at West Coast Port of Pipavav
The company is said to be currently providing 380 CST and MGO via truck-ship bunkering.
22 Mar 2016
Reconstruction of Russian Bunkering Facility to be Complete by End of Year
Modernisation to tanks for both light and dark fuels was said to have already been completed.
22 Mar 2016
Crude Ends the Day Higher
Bunker prices were mostly stable in the primary ports.
21 Mar 2016
DNV GL Launch New Portal to Support Uptake of LNG Bunkers
Shell, MAN, and Rolls-Royce among first users.
21 Mar 2016
Fujairah Bunker Market Facing Headwinds from "Flood" of Iranian Oil
Aegean President E. Nikolas Tavlarios says overall he expects the volatile, low price environment will persist.
21 Mar 2016
Decision on Doubling Capacity at Algeciras Bunker Storage Facility to be Made Next Quarter: Vopak
The expansion would more than double capacity to over 1 million cbm.
21 Mar 2016
Stock Analysts Bullish Over Aegean Prospects
Analysts have assigned a price target of $14.50 for Aegean in the coming period, with a trading range of $11 to $16.
21 Mar 2016
Singapore's BW Group Looking to Pick Up Distressed Dry Bulk Assets
With the dry bulk sector in turmoil, opportunity-minded BW Group has established BW Dry Cargo.
21 Mar 2016
VPS: Bunker Surveyors Still Needed With Mass Flow Meters, Quantity Issues Will Persist
Surveyors will be needed "in a vast number of areas" says VPS managing director Rahul Choudhuri.
21 Mar 2016
Moody's: Benefit of Falling Bunker Prices for Box Carriers Will Fade in 2016, Global Shipping Outlook Changed to Negative
As supply-demand gap widens and earnings decline bond rater takes negative stance on shipping sector.
21 Mar 2016
Creditors of Singapore Dry Bulk Owner Press for Auction of Arrested Vessel
The MV Garv Prem is one of five bulk carrier vessels that the company had already agreed to sell to them in January 2016.
21 Mar 2016
Players Highlight Importance of MPA Role in Mass Flow Meter Roll Out
In other ports there is no dominant port agency that certifies mass flow meters, potentially leading to discrepancies.
21 Mar 2016
EC Backs Finnish Plan for €28 Million in Aid for LNG Bunker Terminal
The small scale LNG terminal is set to be built on the country's South-East coast at Hamina.
21 Mar 2016
Looming BWM Convention is Raising the "Life or Death" Stakes for Beleaguered Ship Owners
The coming into force of the convention will introduce the industry "to a tsunami of compliance costs and uncertainties," says the UK Chamber's Anna Ziou.
21 Mar 2016
Buy and Sell Frenzy in Singapore Market is First Big Bunker Battle of 2016: Reports
The activity has also caused an unjustified backwardation, say analysts.
21 Mar 2016
Korean Dry Bulk Owner Sees Rehabilitation Plan Vetoed
Indebted Korean shipper Samsun Logix has until April 8th to come up with a more realistic repayment plan.
18 Mar 2016