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Ferry Operator Tallink Sees 7% Fuel Savings From Voyage Optimisation Tool

The system provides route planning and optimisation, automatic weather forecasts and fuel-efficiency monitoring.

27 Jan 2021

Bunker Holding Shuts Down London Office of Brokerage LQM

The London office was opened in 2019 and has a team of five staff.

27 Jan 2021

Oil Prices Mixed, But IMF Predicts Vaccine-Fuelled Demand Growth Recovery

Meanwhile, no more Trump is proving good for Iran exports.

26 Jan 2021

INTERVIEW: Total Rides Out Short-Term Volumes Hit in Shift to Cleaner Marine Fuels

The drop in global HSFO volumes hurt Total in 2020, but over the longer term the company is in a good position to become the world's leading alternative bunker supplier.

26 Jan 2021

FOBAS Reports VLSFO TSP Problems in Europe and America

Using the fuels may result in sludging and engine damage.

26 Jan 2021

Brokerage LQM Launches New Version of Alternative Fuels Database

The database provides LQM's subscribers with free monthly data on current and planned availability of alternative bunker fuels at supply locations around the world.

26 Jan 2021

Market Talk: Demand Weak but Niche Markets Hold Their Own

Lacklustre demand piling pressure on margins but niche business retains some advantage.

26 Jan 2021

Steengaard Takes up Reins at Global Risk Management

His appointment to the board last year, a precursor to becoming chairman.

26 Jan 2021

Fujairah Bunker Sales Lost 17.9% in 2020: Glander

New refineries opening in the area may improve the port's prospects as more local VLSFO supply comes on-stream.

26 Jan 2021

China: Annual Bonded Bunker Sales up

With a thirty per cent rise seen in 2020 over 2019.

26 Jan 2021

ABS Launches Singapore Joint Study Assessing Ammonia's Potential as Bunkers

ExxonMobil, Hoegh LNG, MAN Energy Solutions Singapore, Jurong Port, PSA SIngapore and ITOCHU Group will join as initial project partners.

26 Jan 2021

S&B ANALYSIS: The Widening HSFO / VLSFO Spread and Potential for a Second Wave of Scrubber Uptake

Ship & Bunker looks at the high/low sulfur spread in 2020, outlook for the spread in the years ahead and other factors impacting the landscape for scrubber uptake.

26 Jan 2021

Singapore: Talk of COVID, MFMs Being End to Bunker Surveying Dismissed as Short Sighted

"Surveyors are there to protect all of your interests," says Christopher Bieda, BQS Operations and Training at Lloyd's Register.

26 Jan 2021

Oil Ekes Out Gains Under Covid Cloud And Biden Optimism

Meanwhile, OPEC contributes to the perception of tightening supply.

25 Jan 2021

One Dead, 15 Kidnapped After Container Ship Pirate Attack in Gulf of Guinea

The attack may bring greater attention to the worsening security situation in the Gulf of Guinea.

25 Jan 2021

Finland-Led Research to Focus on Combining Technologies

In quest for energy efficent ship design.

25 Jan 2021

UK's MCA Detains Four Ships in December

Oil filtration and holed fuel tanks among defects found.

25 Jan 2021

Silverstream Wins Second Carnival Corp Order for Fuel-Saving Air Lubrication System

The systems have shown consistent bunker savings of around 5%.

25 Jan 2021

Norsepower Sees Fuel Savings as High as 25% for Rotor Sail Installed on Sea-Cargo Ship

In good wind conditions the ship may be able to operate at normal speeds using just the sails.

25 Jan 2021

Global Firms Plan Green Hydrogen Hub in Hamburg

Large-scale facility to produce hydrogen from wind and solar power.

25 Jan 2021