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Investors Eye Digital Supply Chain Potential

Rising incomes encourage investors to part with cash.

6 Feb 2020

Shipping Body ECSA Calls for Urgent EU Action on Gulf of Guinea Piracy

Some 121 crew members were kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea last year, according to the ECSA.

6 Feb 2020

French Sail Power Firm Gets Powerful Backing

EDF to issue energy-savings certificates based on pilot ship performance.

6 Feb 2020

Coronavirus Demand Impact May be Keeping Singapore VLSFO Supply Deficit at Bay

Singapore is currently receiving just 2-2.5 million mt/month of VLSFO, price reporting agency S&P Global Platts reported Thursday.

6 Feb 2020

Cruise Line Royal Caribbean Cuts HSFO Hedging For Scrubber-Equipped Fleet

The company expects to consume 1.534 million mt of bunker fuel this year.

6 Feb 2020

Oil Jumps On Sudden Confidence of OPEC Alleviating Impact of Coronavirus

Meanwhile, John Kemp estimates the total demand loss for China at 450,000 bpd.

5 Feb 2020

IMO 2020 Architect Edmund Hughes Quits IMO to Launch Consultancy

Wednesday was Hughes's last day at the IMO.

5 Feb 2020

UK Firm Launches IMO2020 Testing Kits, Fuel Additives

Star International has suite of products aimed at ship operators.

5 Feb 2020

UAE Transport Authority Says 68% of Bunker Suppliers Offer VLSFO

Some 16 of the 28 suppliers registered in the country are listed as having VLSFO on offer.

5 Feb 2020

Fuel Cell/Battery Combo Planned for Norwegian Fjords

Matching alternative forms of power will increase ship's reach.

5 Feb 2020

Singapore Bunker Supplier Count Falls to 44 on Brightoil Exit

Some 55 suppliers were licensed at the port at the start of 2019.

5 Feb 2020

Mercuria, Trafigura, GP Global Eye Singapore Bunker Supplier Role: Report

A spate of fresh bunker licence applications may add new players to southeast Asian premier bunkering hub.

5 Feb 2020

Wärtsilä to Fit Battery Power Systems to Three Finnlines Ferries

The ships will be fitted with a hybrid system including 500 kWh of energy storage, allowing them to operate with zero emissions while in port.

5 Feb 2020

Coronavirus Could Cut 0.7% from 2020 Global Container Throughput Growth: Alphaliner

The extended Lunar New Year holidays will cut cargo volumes at Chinese ports by more than 6 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in the first quarter.

5 Feb 2020

NORbunker Expands Team With Additional Trader

NORbunker was founded in 2016 and focuses on the Northern European market.

4 Feb 2020

Alfa Laval Joins Wärtsilä in Reporting Q4 Decline in Scrubber Sales

The company cited uncertainty over the price and availability of fuels as a factor.

4 Feb 2020

NYK Signs Deal to Build Second LNG-Fuelled Car Carrier

The ship is due for delivery in 2022.

4 Feb 2020

Eastern Pacific Shipping Reports 4.6% Drop in Carbon Emissions in 2019

The company's carbon emissions per tonne mile have fallen by 14.2% since 2015.

4 Feb 2020

Hapag-Lloyd Announces Biofuel Trial to Cut Carbon Emissions

The B20 blend consists of 80% low sulfur fuel oil and 20% biofuel.

4 Feb 2020

VLSFOs - The Black Carbon Emissions Debate?

It is difficult to understand why it is believed by some, that all VLSFOs may be producing more black carbon due to their aromatic content.

4 Feb 2020