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Four Hundred Rolls Royce Marine Staff To Be Laid Off By End of 2016
The low price of oil and subsequent fall in orders are blamed for the layoffs.
6 Oct 2015
Environment Groups Say Draft Climate Deal Exempts Shipping From Emission Cuts
The groups decried the lack of plan in place to address emissions reduction in the sector.
6 Oct 2015
Moore Stephens: Shipping Industry Costs Continue to Fall
Moore Stephens says results showed "ship owners and operators continued to manage costs sensibly and to watch their cash carefully in 2014."
6 Oct 2015
Environmental Group Lambasts IMO For Lack of Environmental Leadership
The Clean Shipping Coalition accused the IMO of exaggerating the success of its emission-reduction efforts.
6 Oct 2015
Arrested Monjasa Tanker "Lacked Documentation, License, or Permit"
The tanker crew was said to have been preparing to transfer petroleum products from MT Anuket Emerald to the MV Norman Pacific.
6 Oct 2015
Soyuz Bunkering Winding Down Operations
Sources say SBG Europe has stopped selling product, while the remaining staff at SBG Singapore have had their contracts terminated.
6 Oct 2015
MPA Clarifies Methodology for Calculating Monthly Bunker Sales Volume
Reports of low demand during August's record sales month would "depend on who you asked," Simon Neo, Piroj International, tells Ship & Bunker.
6 Oct 2015
Firm Start to the Week for Crude Futures
Bunkers were firm today in the primary ports.
5 Oct 2015
Aegean Adds 2 New Traders to Piraeus Team
Mr. Sotiris Delidimitriou and Mr. Stathis Pavlikakis will both be based at the new division's Piraeus Headquarters.
5 Oct 2015
Bulk Carrier Arrested in Singapore
The arrest of Alexandrit took place on October 2, 2015 at 5:45pm local time following action taken by local law firm Oon & Bazul LLP.
5 Oct 2015
Panama Reports Another Month of Year-on-Year Bunker Sales Growth
AMP data indicates 305,000 mt of bunkers were sold in the month August.
5 Oct 2015
Pilot Thomas Logistics Announces Acquisition of U.S. Bunker and Maritime Players
"Both companies have developed outstanding long-term relationships with customers and suppliers in the marine fueling industry," says PTL CEO.
5 Oct 2015
ExxonMobil, University Partner on $1 Million Algae-Based Fuels Project
The research project is intended "to progress the fundamental science" needed to develop effective algae-based fuels for uses including bunkers.
5 Oct 2015
Odfjell Targets 20 Percent Reduction in Bunker Consumption with New Technology
Nineteen vessels in total will undergo upgrading by the end of 2017.
5 Oct 2015
Bunker Spill After Bulk Carrier Collides with Pier
A bulk carrier is reported to have struck Pier 1 at the Port of Astoria early Friday morning, resulting in a 1,100 gallon diesel spill in the Columbia River.
5 Oct 2015
Battle Over Gibraltar LNG Bunkering Facility Continues
The official opposition party has again accused the government of being unclear over its LNG bunkering plans.
5 Oct 2015
IBIA Chairman Accuses IMO of Under-Regulating Bunker Quality
Jens Maul Jørgensen said that the IMO had focused its environmental regulations too much on shipowners and operators.
5 Oct 2015
China Pollution Reduction Plan Expected to be a Key Driver for LNG Bunkers
The changes mean both international and local marine traffic will "without a doubt" be caught up in the new legislation.
5 Oct 2015
IMO and Singapore MPA Mull Global Cooperation Network for Maritime Technology
The two organisations said that such sharing technologies would be important to help battle climate change globally.
5 Oct 2015
China's August Fuel Oil Imports up 58.5%
January to August demand was up 14.3 percent to 952,000 bpd.
5 Oct 2015