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Emulsion Bunker Fuel Firm Quadrise Hails "Substantial Progression" in 2016, Expects Commercial Operations in 2017

Quadrise's final financial results for the year ending June 30, 2016 show a loss after tax of £4.8 million, down from £4.9 million the previous year.

12 Oct 2016

Bomin Linde LNG Signs Time Charter Agreement for World's Largest LNG Bunker Barge

Bomin Linde LNG will use the ship to supply marine customers and small-scale LNG terminals along the Baltic Sea coast.

12 Oct 2016

Slow Demand for LNG Bunkers Sees Bomin Exit LNG Bunkering JV

"The demand for LNG has been slower than anticipated," says Bomin.

12 Oct 2016

Savannah Bunkering Remains Closed Following Hurricane Matthew: Sources

Some navigation aids in the channel are noted to have been damaged, preventing vessels from entering or departing Savannah's port.

12 Oct 2016

JAX LNG Ready to Begin Construction on Jacksonville LNG Bunker Facility

JAX LNG's plant will support LNG bunkering through Clean Jacksonville - North America's first LNG bunker barge.

12 Oct 2016

NYK Line Expecting $1.9 Billion in Extraordinary Losses

The company has estimated extraordinary losses of about ¥195 billion ($1.89 billion) for the interim period of 2016 fiscal year.

12 Oct 2016

Norden: Bypassing Bunker Traders is Possible, but Not Practical

While it still needs bunker traders, Norden says it has reduced its trading volume by more than 50 percent since the collapse of OW Bunker.

12 Oct 2016

Price Target Not a Consideration In Six-Month Output Cap Deal: OPEC

The Saudis are asking non members not to support the deal, but contribute to it.

12 Oct 2016

South Korean Authorities Working to Minimise Bunker Supply Disruptions Alongside Strike

More than 200 of South Korea's 680 bunker tankers are said to have gone on strike following a failure to reach an agreement on operating fees with refiners.

12 Oct 2016

St Petersburg's Bunker-Service LLC Joins Russian Association of Marine and River Bunker Suppliers

Bunker-Service provides bunkering at St Petersburg, as well as Kavkaz, Novosibirsk, Taman, and Tuapse in the Black Sea.

12 Oct 2016

VPS: Industry is Underestimating Risk from Decline in Distillate Fuel Quality

VPS' Captain Rahul Choudhuri says managing fuel quality needs have a global focus.

12 Oct 2016

Clean Up Operations Underway for 100 Gallon Bunker Spill in Missouri River

USCG received a report on Monday that a fuel tank rupture had led a towing vessel to discharge 100 gallons of diesel into the Missouri River.

12 Oct 2016

Goldman Doubts OPEC Deal Efficacy Amid Mix Signals From Russia

The bank also sees no way the deal could rebalance the market anytime soon.

12 Oct 2016

Vitol and Trafigura Among Bidders in Petrol Ofisi Sale: Sources

OMV is said to have agreed on Monday to the sale of the Aliaga fuel storage terminal to a group led by Socar.

12 Oct 2016

Skangas and Eesti Gaas Sign LNG Bunker Supply Deals with Tallink

The agreements will see the two companies supply LNG to Tallink's new LNG-powered vessel, Megastar, which is slated for delivery in 2017.

12 Oct 2016

Crude Prices Fall Back

Bunker prices were soft in the primary ports.

11 Oct 2016

T&E and Seas at Risk: Delay of 0.5% Sulfur Cap from 2020 "Unacceptable and Unjustifiable"

The NGOs point to a study which suggests that the 2020 implentation of the sulfur regulation for ships would prevent 200,000 premature deaths globally.

11 Oct 2016

Royal Caribbean to Utilise Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech in New LNG-Powered Vessels

The two new vessels are said to be slated for delivery in the second quarters of 2022 and 2024.

11 Oct 2016

VPS' Warning to Bunker Buyers Over ISO8217:2016 Changes Highlighted Again at SIBCON

Removal of clause 5 would be inexcusable, VPS' Captain Rahul Choudhuri tells Ship & Bunker.

11 Oct 2016

WFS: No Bunker Quality Issues from 99.7% of Deliveries

Bob Thornton, Marine Technical Director at World Fuel Services has challenged the notion that the bunker industry suffers from bunker quality problems.

11 Oct 2016