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Strong Q4 Takes Rotterdam's 2020 Bunker Volumes to 5.7% Gain
Strong Q4 Takes Rotterdam's 2020 Bunker Volumes to 5.7% Gain
Total oil sales were 2.5 million m3 in the fourth quarter, up by 10.7% from the same period a year earlier.
20 Jan 2021
UK Bunker Market Develops Further as TFG Marine Launches Falmouth Operation
UK Bunker Market Develops Further as TFG Marine Launches Falmouth Operation
TFG will provide bunker operations at the port from this month using two SIRE-inspected barges, offering VLSFO, 0.1% sulfur MGO and HSFO.
20 Jan 2021
Navigator Hails First Carbon-Neutral Voyage Using Offsets
Navigator Hails First Carbon-Neutral Voyage Using Offsets
The company offset 1,068 mt of CO2 emissions by supporting a UN-verified renewable energy project in the Philippines.
20 Jan 2021
Spain Sees LNG Bunkering Boom Despite Cruise Industry Standstill
Spain Sees LNG Bunkering Boom Despite Cruise Industry Standstill
The number of LNG bunker operations almost quadrupled to 741, meaning the average stem size dropped to 165 m3 in 2020 from 419 m3 in 2019.
20 Jan 2021
S&B ANALYSIS: Understanding the VLSFO / Brent Relationship and Bunker Price Outlook for 2021
S&B ANALYSIS: Understanding the VLSFO / Brent Relationship and Bunker Price Outlook for 2021
IMO 2020 and the unique market dynamics of 2020 has seen it take some time to pin down what a useful crude / VLSFO model will be going forwards.
20 Jan 2021
Biden Buoys Oil As Analysts Change Tune And Predict Demand Recovery in Q2 2021
Biden Buoys Oil As Analysts Change Tune And Predict Demand Recovery in Q2 2021
But they predict lower oil prices over the long term.
19 Jan 2021
Maersk CEO Søren Skou Expects to Make First Carbon-Neutral Ship Order in 2023
Maersk CEO Søren Skou Expects to Make First Carbon-Neutral Ship Order in 2023
The company is likely to order smaller container ships at first while it gets accustomed to the new fuels.
19 Jan 2021
Another Bank Narrows Its Presence in Commodity Trade Finance
Another Bank Narrows Its Presence in Commodity Trade Finance
Rabobank plans to streamline its trade and commodity finance offering by closing terminating this activity in its London, Shanghai and Sydney offices.
19 Jan 2021
Windsails Tech Trialled on Bulk Carrier
Windsails Tech Trialled on Bulk Carrier
Cargill and MSC vessels to take part.
19 Jan 2021
World Economic Forum: Trade Will Keep Global Economy and Society on Track
World Economic Forum: Trade Will Keep Global Economy and Society on Track
Annual risk report from WEF points to growing inequality exacerbated by the Covi-19 pandemic.
19 Jan 2021
Suezmax Tanker Wins First 'Ammonia-Ready' Stamp of Approval From ABS
Suezmax Tanker Wins First 'Ammonia-Ready' Stamp of Approval From ABS
ABS has given the label to a Suezmax under construction at a New Times Shipbuilding yard for Avin International.
19 Jan 2021
40% of VLCCs Could Have Scrubbers by the End of 2020
40% of VLCCs Could Have Scrubbers by the End of 2020
About 31% of the VLCC fleet currently has scrubbers.
19 Jan 2021
MPA Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout for Maritime Workers
MPA Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout for Maritime Workers
10,000 to receive shot by end of January
19 Jan 2021
VLSFO Sold to Stricken Bulk Carrier Wakashio Was On-Specification
VLSFO Sold to Stricken Bulk Carrier Wakashio Was On-Specification
MOL's fuel quality testing system found no problems with the bunkers.
19 Jan 2021
Bunker Traders in Demand as Job Market Remains Buoyant into 2021
Bunker Traders in Demand as Job Market Remains Buoyant into 2021
"I would say 2020 has been our busiest year ever partly because of the job activity for bunkering," says Singapore-based Salling Search.
19 Jan 2021
"Lagging" Vaccination Rollout Causes Dip In Oil Despite Strong Data From China
"Lagging" Vaccination Rollout Causes Dip In Oil Despite Strong Data From China
But PVM suspects the pull-back may be short-lived.
18 Jan 2021
Chevron Reports VLSFO Causing Abnormal Liner Wear
Chevron Reports VLSFO Causing Abnormal Liner Wear
The wear is typically being noticed in vessels using VLSFO with a lower CCAI and higher estimated cetane number.
18 Jan 2021
Aon Sees Growing Demand for Bunker Price Protection
Aon Sees Growing Demand for Bunker Price Protection
Insurance giant recently launched a marine fuel insurance product.
18 Jan 2021
Bank Arrests Second GP Global Bunker Tanker
Bank Arrests Second GP Global Bunker Tanker
Vessel's mortgage holder behind move in India.
18 Jan 2021
Activists Keep Watchful eye on Valleta Emissions
Activists Keep Watchful eye on Valleta Emissions
Monitoring equipment at port prone to breakdown.
18 Jan 2021