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OMV Launches Romania VLSFO Sales After €3 Million Refinery Investment

The company plans to produce 70,000 mt/year of VLSFO.

17 Feb 2020

Kiel Plans Largest Shore Power Project in Germany

Kiel commissions engineering firm Siemens to install emission-reducing system.

17 Feb 2020

Environmental Protesters Greet IMO Delegates at Start of PPR Subcommittee Meeting

The PPR subcommittee is meeting at the IMO's headquarters in London this week.

17 Feb 2020

Kenni Goldenbeck Rejoins Dan-Bunkering from KPI Bridge Oil

Goldenbeck is now listed as Dan-Bunkering's sales manager in Middelfart.

17 Feb 2020

VLSFOs – The Importance of Recording Seal Numbers in the Bunker Delivery Note (BDN)

The absence of representative seal numbers in the BDN will considerably weaken any claim case between the buyer and seller of bunkers in the event of a quality dispute.

17 Feb 2020

Oil Achieves First Weekly Gain Since January as Coronavirus Fears Continue to Abate

Meanwhile, teapot Chinese refiners are benefiting from depressed prices.

14 Feb 2020

New Panama Canal Charges May Add 30% to Shipping Costs: ICS

The new "freshwater charge" may add up to 15% to the cost of traversing the Panama Canal.

14 Feb 2020

Canada to Support Arctic Fuel Oil Ban at IMO Next Week: Report

The move would make Canada the seventh Arctic country to support the ban.

14 Feb 2020

Nauticor and Fassmer Start LNG Bunkering Cooperation

The two companies are seeking to encourage the growth of the LNG bunkering industry.

14 Feb 2020

UK Bunker Supplier Greenergy Merges with Canada's BG Fuels

BG Fuels will be combined into Greenergy, which expanded its Northwest European bunker business this week, over the course of 2020.

14 Feb 2020

Singapore Bunker Demand Reaches Two-Year High at Start of IMO 2020

High-sulfur fuel oil sales dropped to 16.9% of total demand.

14 Feb 2020

Oil Up For Third Straight Day Despite Bleak Coronavirus News

One analyst believes traders are trying to lock in profits.

13 Feb 2020

Integr8: VLSFO - Better Quality but Watch for Critical Parameters

Despite VLSFO having only marginally more off-specs than HSFO, it is the critical quality parameters that are often recorded off-spec in VLSFO.

13 Feb 2020

Pakistan: 0.2%S MGO Available Ahead of LSFO Avails

IMO 2020 compliant fuel oil expected soon.

13 Feb 2020

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Week 6

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from February 6 – February 12, 2020.

13 Feb 2020

Ship Noise Threat to Fish Breeding Grounds

Research in north Canadian waters found fish behaviour impacted by vessel noise.

13 Feb 2020

Surprise Job Loss for UK Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani in Cabinet Reshuffle

Ghani has been an active and well-regarded minister for the maritime sector in the UK, launching a plan last year seeking to have zero-emission vessels active in UK waters by 2025.

13 Feb 2020

Trefoil Hires Inatech in Management System Rethink

IT at the company will be consoldiated into a single platform.

13 Feb 2020

Fuel Oil Decline Drags Down Port of Rotterdam 2019 Liquid Bulk Throughput

Liquid bulk throughput slipped marginally to 211.2 million mt last year despite growth in crude volumes.

13 Feb 2020

Weak Bunker Demand Foreshortens Volatility: Report

A prolonged period of market volatility from the IMO 2020 transition now seems unlikely, say traders.

13 Feb 2020