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First of 40 Gas-Powered Inland Waterway Barges Launches in Serbia

The 40 barges, to be known as the Parsifal Tankers, will be chartered by Shell and operated by VT Group.

8 Jun 2021

Oil Prices Remain Steady As Long-Lasting Demand Recovery Anticipated

Kemp also credits output restraint for the market's ongoing strength.

7 Jun 2021

IMO Issues Statement on X-Press Pearl

Stricken ship off Sri Lankan coast threatens pollution from cargo as well as bunker fuel.

7 Jun 2021

Asia: Chinese Covid-19 Ship Call Ambiguity Prompts Bunker Demand Shift

Confusing array of rules for calls at Chinese ports may push bunker demand to other destinations.

7 Jun 2021

Environmentalist Sees Flood of Shipping Decarbonisation Proposals On the Way

Aoife O'Leary of the Environmental Defense Fund Europe believes shipping must agree a way forward to cut emissions by 2025.

7 Jun 2021

CMA CGM Sees 7.9% Drop in Q1 Bunker Bill as Carried Volumes Rise

Global average bunker prices slipped by 4.6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to Ship & Bunker's G20 Index of prices at 20 leading bunker ports.

7 Jun 2021

Yara International to Supply Ammonia Bunkers to Trafigura

Under the memorandum of understanding Yara will supply ammonia to Trafigura Group companies, but the company has not commented on whether TFG Marine will be involved.

7 Jun 2021

Scottish Project Plans Europe's First Seagoing Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Ferry

The HySeas III project is in its research stage and will at first develop and test a full-sized drive train on land.

7 Jun 2021

Bound4Blue Hails First eSail Installation on Fishing Vessel

The company carried out the installation on the fishing vessel Balueiro Segundo in conjunction with technology firm Kyma and fishing organisation ORPAGU.

7 Jun 2021

Oil Continues Winning Streak On Demand Recovery And Production Restraint

Meanwhile, jet fuel consumption is finally taking off as Covid restrictions ease.

4 Jun 2021

Newport Shipping to Offer LNG Retrofit Service

DNV has awarded its approval in principle to Newport's LNG retrofit fuel tank system for VLCCs and Capesize bulkers.

4 Jun 2021

Peninsula to Operate Gibraltar Strait LNG Bunker Barge With Scale Gas

The vessel will have 12,500 m3 of LNG capacity and will be built at the Hyundai Mipo Shipyard for delivery in June 2023.

4 Jun 2021

MSC Backs Decarbonisation Research Bunker Levy and Carbon Taxes

"Scalable long-term solutions simply do not currently exist for us to deploy on our ships."

4 Jun 2021

Ardmore Shipping's Mark Cameron to Advise Hydrogen Fuel Cell Firm

Cameron has been acting as advisor to the firm since May.

4 Jun 2021

No Further Growth Expected in Rotterdam Bunker Licences

The licensing scheme currently covers 28 companies and about 157 barges.

4 Jun 2021

Maersk Develops Emissions Transparency Tool for Shippers

Maersk's new Emissions Dashboard will give its customers carbon footprint measurements for their entire supply chain, including details on parts of the journey carried out by truck, train, plane and ship.

4 Jun 2021

Oil Prices Decline On Blip In U.S. Gasoline Demand, But Commodity Is "Still Solid"

Meanwhile, overheated market may be overestimated, says Saudi minister.

3 Jun 2021

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2021 Week 22

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from May 27 – June 2, 2021.

3 Jun 2021

Maersk Proposes $450/MT Carbon Tax for Bunker Fuel

The suggestion is for a levy of $150 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, which would amount to a $450/mt addition to conventional bunker prices.

3 Jun 2021

TFG Marine Supplies Biofuels for Joint Industry Emissions Analysis Project

Italian shipping firm D'Amico Group, Trafigura, ABS, RINA, FOBAS, the Liberian Registry and MAN Energy Solutions are all involved in the project.

3 Jun 2021