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Singapore Bunker Sales Surge Continues as MPA Posts Record 9 Month Volumes for January to September
The September total itself was an increase of 9.3 percent over last year, and the fourth highest ever monthly sales total.
14 Oct 2015
Crude Futures End the Day Down After Earlier Volatility
Bunkers prices were mixed today but the general consensus is that prices will fall even further tomorrow if EIA data shows a build.
13 Oct 2015
Maersk: Some Details of EU Sulfur Emissions Rules Still Unclear
Niels Bjorn Mortensen, Head of Regulatory Affairs at AP Møller-Mærsk says "it could be a good business to be non-compliant."
13 Oct 2015
ITF: It Would be Odd if Countries are Expected to Adhere to Emission Targets but Not the Shipping Sector
ITF says that specific targets need to be set, and notes that several industry measures including a $25 per mt carbon tax could help reach such goals.
13 Oct 2015
Deltamarin: New Multigas Carrier Will "Change the Nature of the Gas Carrying Industry"
The concept is said to combine Deltamarin's B.Delta design and Brevik Technology's "new-generation" patented cylindrical gas tanks.
13 Oct 2015
BLT Expects to Receive $10 Million Cash Injection
The chemical tanker company, which has been reported to be struggling, says they are expecting the investment to be made by two Indonesian businessmen.
13 Oct 2015
Feeder Fleet Will Lead the Way to a Dual Fuel Future: Wartsila
New feeder designs from Wartsila accommodate environmental regulations in different shipping zones.
13 Oct 2015
Qatar Says Crude Prices Have Hit Bottom, Predicts 2016 Recovery
Qatar's energy minister sees global oil demand rising up to 1.5 million barrels per day.
13 Oct 2015
Severed Ship to Shore Line Causes 3,000 Litre Fuel Spill
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) says the fuel is expected to be discharged quickly.
13 Oct 2015
Bunker Saving Bubbles Fail to Produce Real-World Savings for Maersk
The micro-layer bubble lube system works in the lab but not in sea trials.
13 Oct 2015
Two New Bunker Barges Commissioned in Jamaica
The investment is said to be strategically timed alongside the Panama Canal expansion.
13 Oct 2015
Arrested Singapore Bunker Tanker with $1 Million 380 cSt Cargo up for Auction
The bunker tanker also has bunkers onboard valued at a non-negotiable S$44,192.00.
13 Oct 2015
Whisky-Based Biofuel "Currently Being Trialled in the Shipping Industry"
Scotland-based Celtic Renewables has developed a commercial-scale method for producing biofuel from a whiskey fermentation byproduct.
13 Oct 2015
Brent Drops Back Under $50/bbl
NYMEX front month contracts softened $2.53 per barrel settling at $47.10 per barrel.
12 Oct 2015
Second Bulk Carrier this Month Arrested in Singapore
The arrest took place on Friday October 9, 2015 at 2:00am local time following action by local law firm Joseph Tan Jude Benny LLP.
12 Oct 2015
Reports: Zim Hires Merrill Lynch, Barclays to Lead 2016 US IPO
Zim has not commented on rumours that it has hired Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit and Barclays Plc to lead an IPO for the company in the U.S.
12 Oct 2015
Solar Focus in Further Development of Renewable Marine Energy System
More patents, and an update to its rigid "EnergySail" concept are also planned by EMP.
12 Oct 2015
Intermarine to Add 6 Eco-Vessels to its "Fleet of the Future"
The transport company for project, breakbulk, and heavylift cargo has ordered six newbuild 13,300 DWT Ecolift F900 vessels.
12 Oct 2015
33 Singapore Bunker Tankers Now Fitted with MPA Approved Mass Flow Meters
The 2,795 GT Pearl Jubilee and the 3,597 GT Armada were the latest bunker tankers to be approved.
12 Oct 2015
Vessel Congestion Pushing Up Panama Prices
Maintenance work related to the Panama Canal expansion project was also cited as a reason for delays.
12 Oct 2015