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Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Could Serve as Bunker Fuel for Ships

Orkney-based project up-and-running but large-scale investment required

8 Jan 2018

Choices Will Have to be Made on Where HSFO Supply Continues After 2020: Total

Rationalization of supply likely outside of the big hubs, Managing Director Olivier Jouny tells Ship & Bunker.

8 Jan 2018

More Concern About Undersupplied Crude Market in Wake of OPEC Achieving 128 Percent Cutback Compliance

Relatively ignored is the fact that cutback cheaters are more active than ever.

5 Jan 2018

Panama's 2017 Bunker Sales Break 4 Million MT

The performance means the port has now improved on its 2016 annual total with a month of data still to come.

5 Jan 2018

Great Lakes Vessel to Receive "Highly-Efficient" Rolls Royce Propeller Blades for Bunker-Savings

The project is part of a $65 million push by U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessel operators to maintain and modernise their vessels this winter.

5 Jan 2018

TMS Cardiff Gas Places Order for Dual-Fuel LNG Carrier

The contract with HHI includes an option for a second vessel.

5 Jan 2018

Vard Inks Contract to Construct Boreal's All-Electric Newbuild

The ferry is slated for delivery in Q3 of 2019, and is intended to begin operations in Norway from January 2020.

5 Jan 2018

Good Avails in Rotterdam as Demand Picks up After Slow Start Post-Holiday

Suppliers well stocked after holiday period, sources tell Ship & Bunker

5 Jan 2018

Stick to Slow-Steaming to Keep Shipping in Profit, Advises Bimco

Balanced shipping market fundamentals keep emphasis on cost control

5 Jan 2018

Brightoil Appoints New Global Bunker Director

"We are delighted to welcome Ronnie to the team," a spokesperson for Brightoil tells Ship & Bunker.

4 Jan 2018

Crude Benchmarks Continue to Climb

Bunker prices were firm in the primary ports.

4 Jan 2018

Port of Amsterdam Introduces Harbour Dues Discount for Zero-Emission Vessels

"Our objective is to promote the introduction of cleaner vessels," says Marleen van de Kerkhof, Harbour Master of the Port of Amsterdam.

4 Jan 2018

Varo Buys Bomin Bunker Supply Subsidiary

"The assets we are acquiring from Bomin Bunker fit well into our growth strategy," says VARO CEO, Roger Brown.

4 Jan 2018

LNG as a Marine Fuel – Tipping Points, Step Changes, Blizzards, and Snowballs

Today there are 119 LNG-powered vessels in operation with a further 125 on order, writes SEA\LNG's Stephen Cadden and Steve Esau.

4 Jan 2018

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 1

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from December 21 2017 – January 03, 2018.

4 Jan 2018

South Korea: Detained Ship "Most Likely" Carrying Bunker Fuel

According to Platts citing industry sources

4 Jan 2018

South Korean Offers Financial Incentive for Gas-Fuelled Newbuids

$2bn on table to stimulate domestic shipbuilding.

4 Jan 2018

OPEC Compliance On Track, But Anaylst Worries That the Cuts May Now Be Too Much

John Kemp sees trouble in record longs combined with U.S. shale galvanized by the higher prices generated by OPEC.

3 Jan 2018

LNG Shipping Market Will be Short of Capacity by 2020: GasLog

The LNG carrier owner/operator has placed a dual-fuel newbuild order it expects to deliver into a strong LNG shipping market in the third quarter of 2019.

3 Jan 2018

Bunker Consumption Failing to Keep Pace With Rising Demand for Shipping

ICCT says from 2013 to 2015 bunker consumption rose 2.4% compared to a 7% increase in demand for shipping transport work.

3 Jan 2018