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Straits Inter Logistics Takes on New Bunker Barge to Expand HSFO Sales

Sierra Pioneer Marine, an investment holding company controlled by Straits Inter Logistics, has agreed to buy the MT Guo Kang No 1 from Ocean World Inc.

17 Feb 2021

S&B ANALYSIS: Maersk Gives Boost to Nascent Methanol Bunker Industry

Methanol bunkering is still in its infancy as an industry.

17 Feb 2021

Two-Tier VLCC Market Emerges With Only Scrubber-Equipped Tonnage Making Profit

Widening bunker price spreads are making themselves felt in the tanker markets.

17 Feb 2021

Bunker Margins, Not Outright Prices, Are Key to Fuel Quality Problems: NSI

"It is clear if you cannot sell as bunkers at a significant premium over cargo then one of three things has to happen: the actual quantity delivered has to drop, short-cuts are taken with blending or companies go bust."

17 Feb 2021

All Future Maersk Newbuildings Will Be Able to Run on Zero-Carbon Fuels

Maersk will operate a feeder vessel running on synthetic or bio-methanol by 2023.

17 Feb 2021

Greek Marine Fuel Trader Premium Bunkering Shuts Down

The company's founder and managing director, Panayotis Bachtis, has taken up a new job running ZeroNorth's Piraeus office.

17 Feb 2021

The Big Chill Boosts Oil Prices, But Analyst Says $60 Is Enough Growth For Now

Meanwhile, insiders think OPEC will soon ease its output curbs.

16 Feb 2021

Danish Supreme Court Confirms Monjasa's Victory in Sao Tome Bunker Cargo Dispute

Stena Oil had argued that it was due compensation for a cargo confiscated by Sao Tome's authorities and sold on to Monjasa in 2013.

16 Feb 2021

Maersk Tankers Fuel Efficiency Spin-Off ZeroNorth Opens Greek Office

The firm has hired Panayotis Bachtis, previously managing director of marine fuel supplier Premium Bunkering, to run the Piraeus office as general manager.

16 Feb 2021

K-Line: Accuracy Is Decisive in Ship Performance Software

Japanese shipping firm to roll out Bearing AI operating software across fleet.

16 Feb 2021

Zim Agrees Charters on LNG-Fuelled Newbuilds

Move to meet growing demand, says company president and ceo.

16 Feb 2021

Get Ready for Bunker Quality Problems as Prices Rise: KPI OceanConnect

"There will be consequences if oil prices climb."

16 Feb 2021

INTERVIEW: US Start-Up Sees Big Data Saving Shipowers Cash

By applying machine learning principles to create more efficient ships, according to Californian tech firm Bearing AI.

16 Feb 2021

Texas Cold Snap Takes America's Largest Refineries Offline

The closures may bring tightness to the US Gulf bunker market in the coming days.

16 Feb 2021

Oil Hits 13 Month High On Recovery Optimism, Middle East Tension

Meanwhile, India's demand recovery prompts more spot crude purchases.

15 Feb 2021

Board Changes at Bunker Supplier West Indies Petroleum Over 'Difference of Opinion'

John Levy and Courtney Wilkinson have been removed as board directors.

15 Feb 2021

Bunker Holding Hires LQM's Daniel Rose

Rose was removed as CEO when Bunker Holding shut down the hybrid brokerage's London office last month.

15 Feb 2021

Gibraltar Government Reports Bunker Spill

The spill happened on Friday morning.

15 Feb 2021

Tanker 'Hit and Run' Investigation Prompts Owner's Arrest

The authorities allege the ship continued after a collision.

15 Feb 2021

ECSA Seeks EU Law Requiring Bunker Suppliers to Sell Zero-Carbon Fuels

"Introducing the right incentives and requirements for fuel suppliers in order to make low- and zero-carbon fuels for shipping available in the market is a prerequisite for the decarbonisation of the sector."

15 Feb 2021