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UK Bunker Player Boosts Supply Capacity
Geos Group says the move comes in response to its customers' need for a fast, flexible, and responsive bunkering service.
8 Oct 2015
Wärtsilä, Boskalis and GoodFuels Marine Launch Marine Biofuels Program
The three companies are aiming to create a sustainable biofuel that is scalable.
8 Oct 2015
India Plans Box Ship Bunker Tax Break
The bunker tax exemptions have been extended to ships carrying containers domestically.
8 Oct 2015
Marshall Islands Says IMO's Climate Position is a Danger to the Planet, Shipping, and World Trade
Foreign Minister Tony de Brum criticised the IMO for misunderstanding or even misusing the evidence around shipping and GHG emissions.
8 Oct 2015
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 40
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 40
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue.com's demolition sales from October 1 - 7, 2015.
8 Oct 2015
Crude Futures Soften Mid Week
Bunkers were mostly steady today in the primary ports as suppliers and purchasers are waiting for the dust to settle.
7 Oct 2015
China Classification Society Rule Change "Favours Water-Based Lubes"
Thordon Bearings says that the classification society's new rules reduce shaft withdrawal frequency to every 15 years, from every 5 years.
7 Oct 2015
TOTE Granted $900,000 MARAD Funding for LNG Conversion
The cooperative agreement between MARAD and TOTE will investigate the benefits of retrofitting existing vessels with LNG propulsion systems.
7 Oct 2015
Court Gives Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha Until February 2016 to Submit Rehabilitation Plan
The shipping firm will work with creditors and partners to settle $1 billion in debt.
7 Oct 2015
d'Amico International Shipping Launches Two New Eco-Ships
Company says the addition of the two vessels, worth more than $62 million, bring the company's fleet to over 50.
7 Oct 2015
Bunker Spill As Dutch Freighter Sinks After Collision with LNG Tanker
Flinterstar collided with Marshall Island-flagged tanker Al-Oraiq Tuesday morning off the Belgian Coast.
7 Oct 2015
Two Ships Detained in Malaysia for Illegal Bunkering
An Indonesia-flagged ship was reportedly caught transferring fuel to a Vietnam-flagged ship.
7 Oct 2015
Nigerian Authorities Detain Two Vessels Accused of Stealing Crude Oil
A ship and a tugboat were reportedly caught stealing 6,000 metric tonnes of oil.
7 Oct 2015
AP Møller-Mærsk Calls Out European ECA Enforcement Bias, Other Issues
Head of Regulatory Affairs Niels Bjorn Mortensen said that compliance was "basically a piece of paper."
7 Oct 2015
Pacific Basin Warns of More Financial Distress for Dry Bulk Players
Pacific Basin says that it expects more companies in the dry bulk industry to fall victim "financial distress."
7 Oct 2015
Chemoil Sells Joint Venture Interest in Indian Bunker Player Chemoil-Adani
Chemoil-Adani Pte Ltd. will be renamed Adani Bunkering Pvt Ltd.
7 Oct 2015
Calls for New Bunker Terminal, Tax Free Bunkers in Gujarat as Part of Maritime Infrastructure Developments
The state is also set to receive an integrated port management system, as well as a maritime cluster focused on soft services.
7 Oct 2015
Brent Jumps 5% to Break $50.00 Ceiling
WTI contracts for November delivery firmed to 3 month highs settling up nearly 5% at $48.53 per barrel.
6 Oct 2015
Marine Wind and Solar Power System Awarded Patent
"It will help clear the path towards full commercialization of the system," says Eco Marine Powers's Chief Technology Officer Greg Atkinson.
6 Oct 2015
Asia VLCC Rates Reach Five-And-A-Half Year High At $100,000 Per Day
The trend was also mimicked in the West African market.
6 Oct 2015