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IBIA to Hold Bunkering Forum Focused on Mauritius
IBIA chief Executive Peter Hall praised the country for having great potential to develop into an international bunker supplier hub.
9 Sep 2015
Lunde: Exodus of London-based Lenders Heralds Decline of the City's Status as Maritime Finance Centre
RBS, Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, HSBC and its predecessor Midland have all opted to withdraw from traditional shipping finance in recent years.
9 Sep 2015
Port Stakeholders Receive Training on LNG Bunkering Safety and Awareness
The training program was said to be funded by a group of companies with current LNG projects underway, including TOTE's Sea Star Line.
9 Sep 2015
Bunker Price Slide Offering Little Relief as Narrowing Margins Mean Carrier Lines Face Tough Fourth Quarter
Operating margins fell to 2.4 percent in the second quarter from 5.3 percent in the first quarter
9 Sep 2015
China Paves Way for Emission Control Areas With Amended Pollution Laws
The amendments also require terminals to provide shore power.
9 Sep 2015
Exchange Rate, Competition Causing Russian Bunker Price Volatility
St.Petersburg and Novorossiysk saw bunker prices slid to six-month lows during August.
9 Sep 2015
Morgan Stanley: VLCC Crude Storage Becoming More Attractive
However other sources in the industry say the "economics doesn't work."
9 Sep 2015
Brent Firms, But Stays Under $50/bbl
We can expect futures to go either way anticipating EIA data on U.S. inventories.
8 Sep 2015
Carbon War Room Offering $200,000 Ship Efficiency Grant to Prove 10-15% Fuel Savings Are Possible
CWR has issued a RFP for a $200,000 grant that will help finance the retrofit of a single-vessel with ship efficiency technologies.
8 Sep 2015
U.S. Bunker Spill Much Larger than Initially Thought after Vessel Sinks
Washington State authorities say that a bunker spill resulting from a sunken fishing boat has spilled more fuel into the Puget Sound than initially thought.
8 Sep 2015
Hempel Hails Success of Bunker-Saving Antifouling Coating
Hempel says its antifouling coating HEMPAGUARD has now been applied to more than 350 ships.
8 Sep 2015
Report: Still Not Enough Cruise Ships Using Emission Abatement Techniques
NABU's Cruise Ship Ranking shows that there are still not enough vessels in the industry utilising environmentally friendly emission abatement techniques.
8 Sep 2015
New Sponge Technology Developed to Clean Ships' Exhaust Emissions
The technology involves involves a large spinning steel sponge that is said to act as a separator.
8 Sep 2015
Parker Kittiwake - Procal Expands Emissions Monitoring Systems' Global Distribution, Service Capability
Score Subsea and Wellhead will become the systems integrator for Procal's marine, power, and offshore continuous emissions monitoring analysers.
8 Sep 2015
China to Launch New Oil Futures Contract, Could Seize Control of Oil Prices
The new contract is expected to debut on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange as early as October.
8 Sep 2015
Brightoil Issues Positive Profit Alert
The company said that there was likely an improvement overalls across its business sectors.
8 Sep 2015
Analysts: Americas Will Shoulder Brunt of Oil Output Cuts as Obama Gains Majority Support on Iran Deal
A.T. Kearney says by 2020 the region could see a decline of up to 1.1 million bpd, while Iran will boost output by 1.5 million bpd.
8 Sep 2015
Drewry: Recovery of Dry Bulk Market a "Long Way Off"
Continued low demand could make it difficult for many shipowners to survive the unfavourable market conditions, says lead analyst Rahul Sharan.
7 Sep 2015
250,000 Gallons of HFO Cutter Stock Spilled in Mississippi River Collision
The U.S. Coast Guard is currently determining the extent of the spill.
7 Sep 2015
White Paper Published on Bunker Saving Waste Heat Recovery System
Calnetix says there is increasing demand for solutions to reduce fuel consumption.
7 Sep 2015