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Over 21% of Singapore Bunker Tankers Now Fitted with MPA Approved Mass Flow Meters
A total of 48 bunker tankers, of Singapore's current total of 225 approved vessels overall, now have officially approved MFM systems.
11 Dec 2015
Brent Closes Below the Critical $40.00 Threshold
WTI front month contracts softened $0.40 cents lower since last close, settling at $36.76 per barrel.
10 Dec 2015
Alphaliner: Idle Containership Count Heading for All-Time High by End of 2015
The number of unused containerships globally hit another five-year high at the end of November, at 1.4 million TEU.
10 Dec 2015
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 49
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 49
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from December 3 – December 9, 2015.
10 Dec 2015
LR: Financial Returns Biggest Obstacle in Shift to LNG Bunkers
In a new interview, Nick Brown, Brand and External Relations Manager at Lloyd's Register, says LNG has "global opportunities" but financing is critical.
10 Dec 2015
World Fuel Services Among Creditors Formally Objecting to Bomin's $5M Offer for Bunkers International
"The Debtors have not even attempted to address why they are now prepared to proceed with the same $5 million offer they spurned just a few weeks ago."
10 Dec 2015
Shipping Dropped From Latest Draft of COP21 Climate Deal
"I don't know who got it out but we are fighting for it to be put back in," says EU Energy and Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete.
10 Dec 2015
Star Bulk Sells 4 Dry Bulk Carriers
Star Bulk Carriers has agreed to sell 2 Capesize And 2 Kamsarmax Vessels vessels for $122 million.
10 Dec 2015
Evergas Orders Four Dual Fuel, ECO-Design Liquid Ethane and Ethylene Carriers
The four 32,000M3 capacity liquefied ethane and ethylene carriers come with the option to purchase two more in the future.
10 Dec 2015
BMT to Conduct Marine and Port Assessments for Nicaragua Canal
BMT says its subsidiaries, BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS, have been selected by the Hong Kong Nicaraguan Development to assist with the project.
10 Dec 2015
Another Bulk Carrier Arrested in Singapore
Alianca Sky was arrested in Singapore last Thursday.
10 Dec 2015
Crude Slips Despite Draw in US Stocks
We can expect crude inventories to rise again after the New Year with the current imbalance in supply and demand.
9 Dec 2015
KPI Bridge Oil Opens New Athens Office
The new operation is headed by Managing Director Jesper D. Rasmussen.
9 Dec 2015
Authorities Warn Russian Fuel Oil Spill Could be an "Ecological Disaster"
The Nadezhda, the tanker which ran aground off of Sakhalin Island, is said to have contaminated at least 2 miles of coastline with diesel and fuel oil.
9 Dec 2015
ESI Encourages Vessels to Operate "More Efficiently Than Required"
The IAPH on Friday at COP21 in Paris presented the results of five years of the ESI programme, which is said to have seen the registration of 3600 vessels.
9 Dec 2015
DuPont To Supply Vulica Vessels With First Two Scrubbers
DuPont Sustainable Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply scrubber systems for two Vulica ships, aiding in compliance with U.S. ECA rules.
9 Dec 2015
Upstream Oil Projects Will Aggravate Oversupply and Exceed Demand : Total
Total's CEO's concerns contrast a more positive outlook he expressed in January.
9 Dec 2015
Canada's West Coast Tanker Ban Unsupported by Evidence, Say Critics
Kenneth Green and Taylor Jackson, writing for the Vancouver Sun, say that the tanker ban is not based on tanker safety data.
9 Dec 2015
Maersk Working with Other Companies to Catch Sulfur Cheats
One potential solution could involve technology that determines non-compliance across entire ocean voyages.
9 Dec 2015
Update: China to Implement ECAs From 2019, At-Berth Regs from 2017
The Emissions Control Areas will cover all ships operating in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and the Yellow and Bohai Seas by 2019.
9 Dec 2015