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Dry Bulk 2016: Only Companies With Very Strong Balance Sheets Will Get Through This Storm
Low bunker prices are one of the few positives in the coming year in for dry bulk.
29 Dec 2015
Wartsila To Power 15 LNG Barges For Shell Charter
Wartsila says its environmental compliance, fuel flexibility, and low operational costs were a key factor in securing a new LNG barge contract.
29 Dec 2015
EU Master Plan For LNG To "Benefit Tremendously" Inland Waterway Transport
Officials with the recently-developed EU LNG Masterplan said at a gathering earlier this month that benefits are already seen on the Rhine/Meuse-Danube.
29 Dec 2015
Study Details "Significant Reductions in Tanker Air Pollution" from New ECA Rules
While particulate matter and SOx emissions were "substantially reduced," NOx emissions have only been "somewhat reduced."
29 Dec 2015
OPEC Should Consider Boosting, Not Reducing, Its Output: Consultant
Robin Mills, head of consulting for Manaar Energy, believes a significant increase in production would have several benefits.
29 Dec 2015
WTI, Brent Start the Week With $1+ Losses
The selloff was triggered by early Asian data indicating Japanese crude purchasing had fallen to 46 year lows.
28 Dec 2015
Panama Posts Improved Monthly Bunker Sales
The October result means that Panama has recorded a monthly total of more than 300,000 mt for seven out of the first 10 months of the year.
28 Dec 2015
Meech to Follow Jorgensen as New IBIA Chairman
Intertek ShipCare's Global Technical Manager Michael Green will replace Meech as Vice-Chairman.
28 Dec 2015
Singapore's Mercator Forced to Sell Three Bulkers to Service Debt
Mercator says it received a notice of enforcement from an undisclosed mortgagee requesting that the second-hand vessels be sold.
28 Dec 2015
Australia Sees "Unprecedented" Rise in Bunker Related Vessel Arrests
The collapse of OW Bunker, as well as an economic downturn, were cited as reasons for the sharp increase this year.
28 Dec 2015
Bunker Player Investigated as Part of Suspected Multi-Billion Dollar Brazilian Fraud Scandal
The connection was identified as part of ongoing probes into bribery and money laundering in Brazil.
28 Dec 2015
Fines for New China ECA Regs Detailed
A vessel found to be in breach of the new ECA rules will be fined between RMB10,000 and RMB100,000 ($1,550 to $15,500).
25 Dec 2015
New Bunker Barge for Brightoil Singapore Subsidiary
The company says that its Singapore-based Subsidiary 326 will pay $8.4 million to Shenzhen Brightoil Shipping to purchase the bunkering vessel.
25 Dec 2015
Georgia Holds First GloMEEP National Workshop of the Energy Efficiency Project for Shipping
The national workshop is said to have focused on raising awareness of energy-efficiency regulations of MARPOL's chapter 4.
25 Dec 2015
New Bunkering Facilities Part of Revamped Al Mirfa Port
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will bunker vessels using an offshore platform that was completed as part of the port's recent upgrades.
25 Dec 2015
Vitol Leads First Crude Shipments Following Lifting of U.S. Export Ban
A 600,000 barrel cargo of domestic light crude oil is scheduled to load the first week of January at the Enterprise's Houston Ship Channel terminal.
25 Dec 2015
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 51
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 51
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from December 17 – December 23, 2015.
24 Dec 2015
Idle Box Ship Fleet Decreases For First Time Since July
The number if idle vessels has fallen to 306, or 1.33 million TEUs, after earlier looking like it was heading for an all time high by the end of December.
24 Dec 2015
Curved Bow Reported to Provide 5% Bunker Savings
The 540 TEU container ship's bow is said to enable fuel savings by reducing wind pressure on the ship by 30 percent compared to conventional vessels.
24 Dec 2015
Colombo Bunker Sales Receive Boost from Increased Container Traffic
During the first eleven months of 2015, services such as bunkering, repairs and chandelling are said to have increased by 18.2 percent year on year at the port.
24 Dec 2015