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BIMCO Sees Second Scrubber Retrofit Wave as 'Unlikely'

Peter Sand notes the recent rise in HSFO sales, but highlights the slowing pace of scrubber installations.

30 Apr 2021

S&B ANALYSIS: WFS Q1 Margins, Volumes Sink Year-on-Year From IMO 2020 Boom

WFS bunker margins have more than doubled since the end of 2020, but remain significantly below the record levels seen in the IMO 2020 transition.

30 Apr 2021

UK Government Backs Hydrogen as a Marine Fuel

Asked in the UK parliament about support for the shipping's decarbonisation efforts on Thursday, Transport Minister Grant Shapps noted the government's support for hydrogen.

30 Apr 2021

Oil Prices Rise Again On Slew Of Bullish Demand Recovery Numbers

Meanwhile, Europe energy producers put pandemic behind them.

29 Apr 2021

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2021 Week 17

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from April 16 – April 28, 2021.

29 Apr 2021

Yachtbuilder to Develop Fuel-cell Vessel

Powered by alt fuel methanol.

29 Apr 2021

ONE Completes Second Biofuel Bunker Trial

The blend used had a biofuel content three times higher than that used in the previous trial.

29 Apr 2021

Dual-fuel Engines Offer Opportunity for Methanol Use

But overall lack of bunkering infrastructure is a constraint on alt bunker fuel's development.

29 Apr 2021

Eidesvik Sees 75% of Fleet Operating on Hybrid Battery Propulsion by 2022

The company has ordered the retrofit of its offshore wind vessel the Acergy Viking with a battery system.

29 Apr 2021

Carbon Capture Firm Joins Liquid Wind Methanol Bunker Project

Carbon Clean will capture carbon dioxide emission from an industrial site near the Liquid Wind facility, supplying them for combination with hydrogen to create green methanol.

29 Apr 2021

BUNKER JOBS: Peninsula Seeks Trader for Yacht Clients in Florida

The firm is looking for candidates with a strong knowledge of the yachts market, and preferably of selling oil to this market.

29 Apr 2021

Cape Town Refinery 'Extremely Unlikely' to Reopen

South African bunker supply capacity has already been significantly curtailed by the Engen and Astron shutdowns.

29 Apr 2021

Illegal Malaysian Anchoring 'Mistaken' in Most Cases: Gard

After arrest it can take as much as a few weeks for the ship to be released.

29 Apr 2021

Oil Jumps Over 1% As Sentiment Swings Back To Positive Demand Outlook

Meanwhile, one analyst says India's Covid woes won't derail overall recovery.

28 Apr 2021

Just 120 Ships Switching Fuels Could Kick-Start European Decarbonisation: T&E

A shift of 7% of EU bunker demand to using green ammonia or hydrogen by 2030 could be enough to prompt the decarbonisation of the rest of the industry by 2050.

28 Apr 2021

Minerva Reaches MPA's Singapore Bunker Volume Targets

Minerva now has five barges operating in Singapore, and will within the next two weeks be receiving a tanker it has bought to act as floating storage in the are.

28 Apr 2021

Panama Canal Sets 2030 Carbon Neutrality Target

The authority plans to shift tugboats and launches operating in its waters to using alternative fuels.

28 Apr 2021

New Bunker Supplier Industry Body Launches

Robert Thompson, managing director of UK-based Propeller Fuels, has founded the new body.

28 Apr 2021

VPS Reports Drop in European VLSFO With Off-Specification Sulfur Levels

"It's fair to say that Europe has struggled more than other regions to provide compliant fuel at less than 0.50% sulfur."

28 Apr 2021

Paratus Launches Bunker Price Risk Insurance

The firm has bound "the world's first insurance policies for shipping companies to protect their balance sheets against fuel-price risk," it said.

28 Apr 2021