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Almost Half of South Africa's Refining Capacity May Stay Offline For a Year

The Engen refinery near Durban and the Astron Energy plant at Cape Town are expected to remain offline until at least 2022.

11 Jan 2021

Iceland: Fishing Boat in Oil Spill Threat

Vessel goes down off eastern Icelandic coast with 10,000 litres of fuel oil on board.

11 Jan 2021

Caribbean Refinery Given More Time to Restart

St Croix plant could be fully operational later this month.

11 Jan 2021

Giant Boxship Speeds Jumped in December: VesselsValue

Seasonal shopping activity helped boost container ship speeds at the end of the year.

11 Jan 2021

Turkey Hikes Marine Pollution Fines

The Turkish authorities have raised the fines by 9.11%.

11 Jan 2021

General Cargo Ship Arrested in Singapore

General cargo ship held in southeast Asian port.

11 Jan 2021

Oil Posts Weekly Gain On Saudi Output Commitment, As Analysts Debate Demand Recovery

Meanwhile, Citigroup boosts its price forecasts for 2021.

8 Jan 2021

UAE Announces Reopening of Sea Borders With Qatar

The change will come into effect as of the start of Saturday.

8 Jan 2021

INTERVIEW: KPI OceanConnect CEO Bullish on Acquisitions and Competition From Smaller Traders

Søren Høll sets out his views on the state of the bunker industry, KPI OceanConnect's attitude to acquisitions and smaller competitors 'trying their luck' in a tough market.

8 Jan 2021

Commercial Development Work Begins on New Marine Battery System Design

Vancouver's VanadiumCorp Resource is working together with Conoship International Projects in the Netherlands and Vega Reederei and Partners in Germany on the project.

8 Jan 2021

Port of Rotterdam Seeks Rapid Expansion of Shore Power

The port and the local municipal authorities plan to add 8-10 new shore power facilities by 2025.

8 Jan 2021

Odfjell Tests Debt Market's Interest in Marine Decarbonisation Bonds

Odfjell is contemplating selling four-year bonds denominated in Norwegian Krone with a link to its fleet transition plans.

8 Jan 2021

Mercuria Seeks to Boost Energy Transition Strategy With Alternative Fuels Acquisition

Mercuria has agreed to buy a 61% stake in US alternative fuels supplier Beyond6.

8 Jan 2021

FEATURE: The Bunker Industry's 2020 Fell Flat For All the Wrong Reasons

The bunker industry experienced a completely different year of chaos in 2020 than the one planned for.

7 Jan 2021

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Weeks 51-52

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from December 17 2020 – January 6 2021.

7 Jan 2021

Bunker One Launches River Thames Supply Operation

The company is seeking to expand its business in the UK.

7 Jan 2021

UK Space Agency to Fund Satellite Tracking of Ships' Emissions

A joint project between Redshift Associates and the University of Leicester will be one of five firms receiving funding.

7 Jan 2021

Malaysian Manufacturing Firm Seeks to Hire Five as it Diversifies Into Bunkering

Techfast Holdings is proposing to take a 35% stake in Malaysian fuel supplier CCK Petroleum

7 Jan 2021

First Avenir LNG Bunker Barge Launched in China

Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has launched the 7,500 m3 vessel.

7 Jan 2021

Pakistan LSMGO Specs Improved

Following government directive.

7 Jan 2021