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BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Drops Below $600/MT For First Time in 15 Months
BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Drops Below $600/MT For First Time in 15 Months
Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index of prices across 20 leading bunkering ports lost $15/mt to $598/mt on Thursday, dropping to the lowest level since December 21, 2021.
17 Mar 2023
Crackdown Planned on Up to 1,000 'Unsafe' Ships in Mediterranean
Crackdown Planned on Up to 1,000 'Unsafe' Ships in Mediterranean
Officials from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) plan to target up to 1,000 ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone and Togo for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections.
17 Mar 2023
Green Shipping Corridor Planned Between California and Japan
Green Shipping Corridor Planned Between California and Japan
The California State Transportation Agency has committed to supporting green shipping corridors, port decarbonisation and the deployment of zero-emission transportation.
17 Mar 2023
Matson to Convert Third Boxship to LNG Propulsion
Matson to Convert Third Boxship to LNG Propulsion
The retrofit will follow similar projects to convert Matson's vessels the Manukai and Daniel K. Inouye.
17 Mar 2023
Weather Issues Prompt Second-Lowest Gibraltar Bunker Calls in 12 Years
Weather Issues Prompt Second-Lowest Gibraltar Bunker Calls in 12 Years
Last month's decline was mostly down to an extended run of weather issues, local market sources tell Ship & Bunker.
17 Mar 2023
Oil Reverses Course On Vague Russia/Saudi Meeting, But Bank Fears Persist
Oil Reverses Course On Vague Russia/Saudi Meeting, But Bank Fears Persist
Meanwhile, the IEA says oil demand could still end the year "with a bang."
16 Mar 2023
World's Largest Container Ship is Running on HSFO With Scrubbers
World's Largest Container Ship is Running on HSFO With Scrubbers
Container line MSC has taken delivery of two ultra-large container ships this month, the MSC Irina and the MSC Tessa.
16 Mar 2023
More Slow Steaming for Maersk on Far East-North Europe Services: Report
More Slow Steaming for Maersk on Far East-North Europe Services: Report
The firm is set to redeploy surplus tonnage from its discontinued shared AE1/Shogun service with MSC to other Far East-North Europe services. allowing it to cut average vessel speeds.
16 Mar 2023
Shell Completed 250 LNG Bunker Operations in 2022
Shell Completed 250 LNG Bunker Operations in 2022
The company set out some details of its LNG bunkering global footprint in its Energy Transition Progress Report for 2022.
16 Mar 2023
Panama February Bunker Sales Drop to Five-Month Low
Panama February Bunker Sales Drop to Five-Month Low
Panama's total sales reached 403,703 mt in February, the lowest level since September.
16 Mar 2023
BIMCO Sees 24% Drop in Scrubber Installations in 2022
BIMCO Sees 24% Drop in Scrubber Installations in 2022
A total of 399 scrubber installations were seen in 2022, down by 24% from the previous year's total.
16 Mar 2023
World's Largest Shipping Firm Signs Five-Year Partnership Deal With GCMD
World's Largest Shipping Firm Signs Five-Year Partnership Deal With GCMD
The two organisation have signed a five-year impact partnership agreement under which MSC will provide financial support for the GCMD's pilots and trials.
16 Mar 2023
BUNKER JOBS: World Fuel Services Seeks Accounting Coordinator in Gibraltar
BUNKER JOBS: World Fuel Services Seeks Accounting Coordinator in Gibraltar
The company is looking for candidates with a deep understanding of billing systems and a keen eye for detail.
16 Mar 2023
BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops to Lowest Level Since End of 2021
BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops to Lowest Level Since End of 2021
Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index of prices across 20 leading bunkering ports lost $10/mt to $613/mt on Wednesday, dropping to the lowest level since December 27, 2021.
16 Mar 2023
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report 2023: Week 10
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report 2023: Week 10
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from March 9 – March 15, 2023.
16 Mar 2023
Bank Crises Raise Demand Fears To Fever Pitch, Oil Prices Plummet Again
Bank Crises Raise Demand Fears To Fever Pitch, Oil Prices Plummet Again
But some analysts are urging everyone to focus on the long-term better view.
16 Mar 2023
US Firm Takes on Boxship Converted to Run on LNG
US Firm Takes on Boxship Converted to Run on LNG
The firm bunkered the 1,000 TEU feeder vessel Seaboard Blue with LNG for the first time on Sunday, taking on gas from Shell at Miami.
15 Mar 2023
Ammonia Propulsion Retrofit May Cost Half of Vessel's Value: Report
Ammonia Propulsion Retrofit May Cost Half of Vessel's Value: Report
Shipping company Grieg Star has published a report this week examining the challenges of taking on ammonia bunkering, using a bulker as a case study..
15 Mar 2023
Mexican Firm Joins LNG Bunkering Group SEA-LNG
Mexican Firm Joins LNG Bunkering Group SEA-LNG
Mexican natural gas company Enestas has joined the group and is seeking to offer LNG bunkering in the country.
15 Mar 2023
Shell LNG Bunker Barge Completes First Operation at Barcelona
Shell LNG Bunker Barge Completes First Operation at Barcelona
The delivery vessel Haugesund Knutsen bunkered the cruise ship Costa Smerelda with LNG bunkers at Barcelona on Wednesday.
15 Mar 2023