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Interferry Conference Examines Challenges and Opportunities of Alternative Fuels

The trade association's 42nd annual conference was held in Split, Croatia last week.

17 Oct 2017

World Fuel Services Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

Jeff Smith, formerly of IBM, has been appointed Executive Vice President and COO of the company to accelerate WFS' digital transformation.

17 Oct 2017

Rotterdam Wants New Multifuel Bunker Facility for LNG and "Other Cleaner Fuels"

"This is how we encourage the replacement of fuel oil by LNG as a fuel for shipping," says Ronald Paul, COO Port of Rotterdam.

17 Oct 2017

India Continues Push for Methanol Bunkers

India's transport minister wants to use the alternative bunker fuel as part of a new waterway transport system.

17 Oct 2017

Bulk Carrier Newbuild to Get NOx Reducing Engine Unit

Tier lll engines should reduce NOx by 80%

17 Oct 2017

2020 Compliance: IMO to Discuss Heavy Fuel Oil Carriage Ban

Sub-committee meets in February to tackle the issue

17 Oct 2017

OPEC, Russia, at Odds Again Over Market Outlook

The former Soviet Union has planned for $40 oil, and OPEC thinks market demand is rising.

17 Oct 2017

Crude Prices Rise on Iraq/Kurd Conflict, but Market Impact Will Be Short Lived: Analysts

One expert says the conflict isn't enough to push oil to $60.

16 Oct 2017

October In-Depth Oil Price Outlook: $60/B or More in 2019

A potential oil shortage looms in 2019-2020, Paul Kuklinski, Boston Energy Research, writes for Ship & Bunker.

16 Oct 2017

HMM CEO Calls for 2020 Compliance Tech to Be "Shared With All Stakeholders"

C. K. Yoo's comments came in an address to TPM Asia 2017 last week.

16 Oct 2017

Improved Outlook for CMA CGM Despite Higher Bunker Costs

Second quarter fuel costs up by a third

16 Oct 2017

Oil Traders See Refining Opportunities in Post-2020 Bunker Market

Scrubber take up too limited but storage, blending view positively

16 Oct 2017

JPMorgan Sees Brent at $47 in 2018, Others See Prices Falling to $10 Within 8 Years

Once more, Trump is viewed as the heavy for getting tough on Iran and potentially triggering the price drop.

16 Oct 2017

OPEC Says Glut Will Clear Next Year, But IEA Seemingly Contradicts Itself With Contrary Opinion

The agency worries that rising U.S. shale will put an end to declining stockpiles.

13 Oct 2017

Mauritius and Iran to Pursue Possible Cooperation on Bunkering

The development came as part of a meeting in Port Louis earlier this week.

13 Oct 2017

DNV GL Launches New Bunker-Saving CFD Simulation Application

The new "Virtual Trial" application allows yards and owners to use CFD simulation to analyse, compare, and benchmark hull design fuel efficiency.

13 Oct 2017

Hilli Episeyo Departs Singapore for LNG Bunkering in Cameroon

Golar LNG says the departure of the floating liquefied natural gas vessel was earlier than anticipated.

13 Oct 2017

Wärtsilä Marks Completion of Bunker-Saving Hybrid Energy Storage System on OSV

Viking Princess is said to have become the first-ever OSV in which batteries reduce the number of generators aboard the ship.

13 Oct 2017

Gazprom Neft Marks Production of New Brand of ECA-Compliant Bunkers

The first batch of the new product - which has a sulfur content of no more than 0.1 percent - was been produced at the company's Omsk Refinery.

13 Oct 2017

Norwegian Oil Trading Establishes New U.S. Bunker Brokerage Partnership

Norwegian Oil Trading says the formal establishment of a partnership with Key Marine Americas LLC came into effect on October 12, 2017.

13 Oct 2017