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Vessels Detained in Singapore

Several ships have been arrested in March.

31 Mar 2020

Kiel Postpones Start of Cruise Season

Activity in the cruise industry is slowing down almost to a standstill with concerns over outbreaks on board ships.

31 Mar 2020

China to Stimulate Free Zone Refined Product Exports

Approves tax waiver on exports of VLSFO.

31 Mar 2020

Japan's Asahi Tanker to Order Battery-Powered Bunker Barges

The ships are due to be ready to enter into service between March 2022 and March 2023.

31 Mar 2020

INTERVIEW: Former IMO Emissions Chief Edmund Hughes on 2020 So Far

Hughes, who oversaw the IMO's emissions regulation policies for much of the last decade until last month, says the COVID-19 pandemic may be postponing the real impact of IMO 2020.

31 Mar 2020

Promising Virus Treatment Outcomes No Match for Traders' Fears As Crude Prices Drop Again

Meanwhile, Goldman thinks the oil industry will be stronger due to the virus.

30 Mar 2020

Singapore: Scope for Vessel Crew Change Limited

But port remains open for cargo operations, bunkering.

30 Mar 2020

Singapore: Reduced Fees Scheme Extended

Ferries, passenger ships to benefit from lower fees to counteract passenger number losses.

30 Mar 2020

Covid-19: UK's MCA Drops Fuel Inspections

Checking IMO2020 compliance temporarily suspended as PSC work pared back during pandemic outbreak.

30 Mar 2020

Sweden's Liquid Wind to Produce Synthetic Methanol Bunkers

The company expects to sign its first purchase agreements with shipping companies for synthetic methanol later this year.

30 Mar 2020

Korean VLSFO Production to Jump as SK Energy Completes Refinery Upgrade

The company started commercial production from the new vacuum residue desulfurisation unit at the Ulsan plant on March 14.

30 Mar 2020

Shipping Company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Appoints New CFO

A departure date for current CFO Rebekka Glasser Herlofsen will be announced later.

30 Mar 2020

Number of Ships to be Equipped with Scrubbers Hits 4,000: DNV GL

It remains to be seen, however, if scrubbers will prove to be the compliance option of choice for more ship owners than today, firm says.

30 Mar 2020

Oil Down And More Hurt Coming, But Coronavirus Treatment Could Be "A Few Weeks" Away

Meanwhile, the Saudis seem bent on pumping full out.

27 Mar 2020

Stena Bulk Latest to Test 100% Biofuel Bunkers

Stena has already bunkered the Stena Immortal at Rotterdam with a product produced from used cooking oil by GoodFuels.

27 Mar 2020

Gazpromneft Expands Marine Lubricants Offering to South Korean Ports

The company's engilne oils are now available at 16 ports across the country including Busan, Ulsan, Incheon, Pohang and Pyeongtek.

27 Mar 2020

GP Global Confirms Singapore Bunker Licence Application

In early February Reuters reported that GP Global, Mercuria and Trafigura had submitted applications in Singapore.

27 Mar 2020

World Fuel Services Bunkers New Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier in Liverpool

WFS supplied the HMS Prince of Wales with 1,080 mt of marine gasoil at the Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal at the start of March.

27 Mar 2020

Standard Club Warns Against Using Open-Loop Scrubbers in Turkey

Local authorities may be intepreting the country's environmental code as considering open-loop scrubber washwater being discharged as inflicting damage on the environment.

27 Mar 2020

Oil Drops On IEA Predictions Of Demand Decline

Meanwhile, New York stay at home measures slow coronavirus spread.

26 Mar 2020