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Bunker Supplier TFG Marine Adds Mass Flow Meter to West African Barge

The company has had the system installed on its chartered barge the Queensway Vemahonesty.

25 Aug 2021

BUNKER JOBS: BP Seeks Charterer and Bunker Buyer in Singapore

The company is looking for candidates with experience of negotiations and the shipping industry.

25 Aug 2021

MOL Works With Tata Steel on Bulker With Reduced Emissions

One of the technologies they will consider using will be a rigid sail system MOL is already examining in its 'Wind Challenger' project.

25 Aug 2021

Maritec: Low-Flashpoint VLSFO Persists in Singapore and Malaysia

Singapore testing firm Maritec has followed up on its note from two weeks ago reporting flashpoint problems in Southeast Asia.

25 Aug 2021 · Maritec

Oil Rises Again, Claws Back Previous Losses On China's Triumph Over Delta

U.S. FDA approval of Covid vaccines also buoy sentiment.

24 Aug 2021

Ships Resume Berthing at Ningbo's Meishan Terminal After COVID-19 Scare

The Meishan terminal was closed on August 11 after a worker there tested positive for COVID-19.

24 Aug 2021

US Footwear Industry Lobbies Washington Over Spiralling Container Freight Bills

Industry body the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America is calling on its members to write to write to Members of Congress over the issue.

24 Aug 2021

Rotterdam Q2 Bunker Sales Gain 7.7% on Year

Total conventional bunker sales reached 2.3 million mt in the first quarter, up by 7.7% from the same period a year earlier and by 2.3% from the first quarter of this year.

24 Aug 2021

Maersk Orders Eight More Methanol-Fuelled Ships

The company has ordered eight 16,000 TEU boxships for delivery from the first quarter of 2024, all designed to run on green methanol, with an option for four more in 2025.

24 Aug 2021

Production Deal Signed for Fuel-Saving Retractable Bow Foils

The firm has signed an agreement with Norway-based I P Huse to produce its largest products.

24 Aug 2021

Oil Prices Skyrocket On Emerging Sense That Delta Fears May Be Overblown

But Kemp says don't expect keystone long haul aviation to recover until 2022.

23 Aug 2021

Banks Bet $1.5 Billion on Shipping Firms' Emissions Reduction Plans

Taken together, the sum raised in sustainability-linked credit for the shipping industry so far amounts to a considerable bet on the industry's ability to decarbonise.

23 Aug 2021

Malaysian Authorities Arrest Norwegian Tanker

The Clipper Hermod was arrested on Saturday over allegations of anchoring in Malaysian waters without prior registration.

23 Aug 2021

Panama July Bunker Sales Gain 12.4% on Year

Total sales rose to 378,710 mt last month, climbing from an 11-month low in June.

23 Aug 2021

Methanol Institute Calls For Well-to-Wake Bunker GHG Analysis

The organisation has published a report setting out its policy position ahead of the next MEPC meeting at the IMO and COP 26.

23 Aug 2021

Lignin-Alcohol Bunker Blends Still on the Cards for Maersk

Maersk mooted the idea earlier this year of blending lignin with methanol or ethanol to produce a low-carbon bunker fuel blend with a higher energy density than the alcohols would have on their own.

23 Aug 2021

Global Average Scrubber Spread Drops Below $100/MT For First Time Since January

The spread fell to $99.50/mt on Wednesday and has remained below $100/mt since then.

23 Aug 2021

Oil Headed For 6% Weekly Drop As Analysts Worry About Further Covid Restrictions

One expert concedes that demand outlook is good in many parts of the world.

20 Aug 2021

UK Hydrogen Lobby Chief Quits Over 'Expensive Distraction' of Blue Hydrogen

The UK government launched a new national hydrogen strategy this week, seeking to give support to the production of both green hydrogen -- produced via electrolysis using renewable power -- and blue hydrogen, made using fossil fuels.

20 Aug 2021

UECC's Second Hybrid LNG-Battery Car Carrier Launches in China

The ship was launched at Jiangnan Shipyard this week a year after steel was first cut on the vessel.

20 Aug 2021