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More Ships Heading to U.S. East Coast Ports at the Expense of the West
U.S. East Coast shipping traffic and vessel sizes have both grown.
22 Jul 2015
2015 Orderbook for Newbuild Tankers Set to Beat 2013 Record Year
Gibson says construction of new tankers this year, driven by a surge on newly ordered tonnage, is set to break the record from 2013.
22 Jul 2015
UK P&I: Concerns Remain as Low Sulfur Fuel Rules Place Increasing Demands on Shipowners
Concerns include technical issues and higher costs, while Shipowners also need to be aware of the differing rules and costs across jurisdictions.
22 Jul 2015
Bunker Prices to Remain Under $500/mt for Rest of the Decade, Shell Prediction Suggests
The energy major says oil prices will take several years to recover and rise to $90 per barrel by 2020.
22 Jul 2015
Neste: Vessel Speeds Still Not Optimal, Millions of Euros in Bunker Savings Still Available
A system from Marorka will reportedly achieve bunker cost savings of up to 9 percent.
22 Jul 2015
Lithuanian Shipping Company on the "Brink of Collapse" but Has Credit to Buy Bunkers for Arrested Ships
However EU rules prevent the Government from giving the loss-making company extended assistance.
22 Jul 2015
Crude Futures Firm After a Volatile Tuesday Trading Session
In the grand scheme of things its safe to say that the market was flat and it enticed the bunker market to soften.
21 Jul 2015
Lloyd's Register Partners with Penn Oak Energy on LNG Retrofit Financing
Lloyd's says it aims to increase number of ships fuelled by LNG.
21 Jul 2015
U.S. Navy Releases Censures Issued to Three Admirals in Bribery Scandal
The censures were issued to the three admirals in January for their role a bribery scandal involving Singapore maritime service provider, GDMA.
21 Jul 2015
Wärtsilä: Market Being Steered by Environmental Awareness and Changing Energy Needs
Company says sales grew by 10% During Q2.
21 Jul 2015
Gener8 Maritime Heads List of 2015's Biggest Spenders on Second Hand Tonnage
The company's spend of $1.4 billion was on 14 vessels it assumed the newbuilding contracts for that were originally placed by Navig8.
21 Jul 2015
DNV GL: State-of-the-Art LNGreen LNG Carrier Completed, is 8% More Energy Efficient
The vessel concept has a significantly improved environmental footprint, a higher level of energy efficiency, says DNV GL.
21 Jul 2015
ZIM Switches to Slavyanka for Bunkers
Zim Haifa is the first of the company's containerships to use the offshore transshipment terminal TOR.
21 Jul 2015
Bunker Spill Risk Being Assessed After Tanker Collides with Ferry
A passenger ferry and a fuel tanker, carrying 12,000 tons of diesel and gasoline, collided outside the Gothenburg harbour early Sunday morning.
21 Jul 2015
Fourteen Ships to be Investigated Over Australian Bunker Spill
Maritime Safety Queensland is worried about the spill's impact on nearby reefs.
21 Jul 2015
Lanka IOC Sets 10,000 mt Bunker Sales Target in Trincomalee
Sri Lanka's Lanka IOC says it is aiming to sell 10,000 mt of MGO and 380 CST by the end of 2015.
21 Jul 2015
Crude Futures Start the Week Soft
WTI futures broke the $50.00 level during the trading day but settled at $50.15 per barrel.
20 Jul 2015
NOL Downplays Reports of a Potential Sale
But NOL says it "has a duty to consider its options to maximize shareholder value."
20 Jul 2015
J. Lauritzen: Dry Bulk Has Hit Rock Bottom, Operators Are "Burning Through Cash"
On the upside, things can only improve form here, says Martin Sato, J. Lauritzen's managing director in Singapore.
20 Jul 2015
Update: Temasek Looking to Sell Singapore's NOL For $1.7 Billion
NOL operates 92 vessels under the APL brand.
20 Jul 2015