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Saga Cruises' Newbuild to Feature Yara Marine Scrubbers
The newbuild vessel, which is slated for delivery in 2019, is set to have its four MAN engines each fitted to a Yara SOx scrubber.
23 Mar 2017
Latest ISO8217 Spec an Important New Edition Which the Industry Needs to Take Onboard: VPS
During its development, the draft version of the 6th edition of ISO8217 had drawn sharp criticism from both VPS and INTERTANKO.
23 Mar 2017
RAKOB Reports "Big Interest" in Relaunch of UAE Bunkering Service at OPL Ras Al Khaimah
"It has been only 10 days since the relaunch of our offshore bunkering set up," says RAKOB.
23 Mar 2017
Fleet of LNG-Fuelled Vessels Hits 200
The 200 mark is reported to have been reached on March 20, when Russia's SCF ordered four 114,000 DWT LNG-powered newbuildings.
23 Mar 2017
Hambantota Bunkering Could Be Competitive With More Storage, Says Industry Expert
Rohan de Silva of McLarens in Sri Lanka, says bunkering could become viable at Hambantota if there was at least 120,000 tonnes of storage to support it.
23 Mar 2017
Rising Inventories Prompt More Market Losses for Crude, but Predictions Persist of $60 Oil
The current market doldrums are attributed to "some of the air coming out."
23 Mar 2017
Biggest-Ever Rise in Mega Production Projects Spells Disaster for Efficacy of OPEC Cutbacks
An anticipated 1 million extra barrels per day may flood the world market by 2018.
23 Mar 2017
NewOcean Marks Bunker Business Increase in 2016
"The addition of several second handed bunkering ships helped meeting the increasing demand in marine bunkering services," explains the company.
22 Mar 2017
Shipping Confidence Holds Steady Following Three Successive Quarterly Increases: Moore Stephens
The average shipping confidence level in February 2017 held steady from November 2016 at 5.6 out of 10.0.
22 Mar 2017
Wilhelmsen Marine Fuels Completes Integration Under World Fuel Services Brand
"We have successfully integrated the team under the WFS brand and continue to focus on serving our customers with high levels of service and support," Paul Lowther, WFS' Director, Marine Marketing tells Ship & Bunker.
22 Mar 2017
Demand Increase for Distillates Could Propel North American Bunker Market Growth
North America's bunker market, one of the lowest cost providers of middle distillates, is expected to benefit from a tighter sulfur cap on bunkers in 2020.
22 Mar 2017
Shipping's GHG Emissions Back in the Public Eye as IMO Discusses Reduction Efforts
Lee Adamson, Head of Media and Communications at IMO, this week spoke to CNN about IMO's mandate and actions for reducing the industry's emissions.
22 Mar 2017
Russia Reduces Output Within OPEC Guidelines But Sends Mixed Signals About Agreeing to OPEC Cut Extension
One Russian oil executive believes the best has already been achieved by cartel's cutbacks.
22 Mar 2017
US Crude Nears 4 Month Low as Experts Say Prospects of OPEC Extending Production Cuts are Remote at Best
One analyst thinks the crude market will remain at $55 in the New Year.
22 Mar 2017
Crowley Launches LNG-Powered ConRo Ship [VIDEO]
El Coquí is part of the company's new Commitment Class ships, and is said to be one of the world's first ConRo ships to be powered by LNG.
22 Mar 2017
ISO 8217:2017 - 6th Edition of the Specifications of Marine Fuels Has Been Published
The Convenor has advised that several changes have been introduced.
21 Mar 2017
Japan's Astomos Looks to Grow LPG Bunkering Market
Astomos says it intends to work with other Japanese importers to explore the feasibility of establishing LPG bunkering in the lead up to 2020.
21 Mar 2017
AkzoNobel Marks $3 Billion in Fuel Savings from Efficiency-Boosting Intersleek
The company's Intersleek marine coatings range is also said to have accumulated 32 million tonnes in related CO2 savings.
21 Mar 2017
Second of BC Ferries' LNG-Powered Newbuild Series Arrives on Canadian West Coast
Salish Eagle is the company's second of three newbuild dual-fuel ferries featuring LNG-propulsion.
21 Mar 2017
"Ingenious" Americans Will Keep Oil at $50; But Stability is More Important, says SABIC
Either way, nobody sees a price breakout anytime soon.
21 Mar 2017