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Gibraltar Port Authority Visits Athens to Engage Bunker Suppliers and Shipping Community
The trip is part of GPA's continuing efforts to market the services provided by the Gibraltar maritime industry and increase Greek vessels calling at the port.
23 Jun 2015
Australia's NSW Low Sulfur Rules "Will Achieve Nothing"
Cruise ships account for barely five per cent of shipping movements, says Australian Financial Review.
23 Jun 2015
MyFerryLink: DFDS Confirms Eurotunnel Vessel Deal
A tribunal had previously ruled that Eurotunnel would have to sell its MyFerryLink business.
23 Jun 2015
Orkim Harmony: MMEA Warns Against Speculation After "Inside Job" Claim
Deputy director-general Vice-Admiral Maritime Datuk Ahmad Puzi Ab Kahar has urged "all quarters" against making speculations on the Orkim Harmony case.
23 Jun 2015
Hedge Fund Expects Oil to Rebound to $82/BBL by 2016
Swiss fund Insch Capital Management said demand is growing while production in the U.S. is falling.
23 Jun 2015
Law Firm: Expect More Oil Industry Bankruptcies, Mergers, and Acquisitions
Law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher says that sinking oil prices will soon lead to more oil companies and suppliers filing for bankruptcy.
23 Jun 2015
FMC: LNG Bunkering is a Potential Market for America's Natural Gas Resources
Interest is growing in the emerging "new market" for natural gas in the maritime industry.
23 Jun 2015
Drewry: Top 3 Carrier Lines Now Have 38% of the Market Share
The shipping consultants say being a "top 20 carrier" no longer means being a leading global container line.
23 Jun 2015
Crude Futures Start The Week Making Gains
WTI front-month contracts for August firmed by $0.07 cents settling at $59.68 per barrel while Brent contracts firmed to $63.34.
22 Jun 2015
Bunkers de Mexico Dismisses Barge Arrest Rumours
"It's business as usual here, and deliveries are taking place as they normally do," Commercial Director Jack Grogan tells Ship & Bunker.
22 Jun 2015
Expanded Panama Canal Could Mean a 10% Shift in East Asia Box Traffic from U.S. West to East Coast
BCG says the Panama Canal expansion will "alter the competitive balance between ports on the East and West coasts."
22 Jun 2015
Monjasa, Others Illegal Bunkering Appeal Dismissed as Lacking in Merit
Three parties and 14 individuals were are facing charges.
22 Jun 2015
Japan Wants Ships to Switch to LNG
Japan is said to be planning to get ships to switch to LNG to help cut carbon emissions and diversify energy sources in the freight sector for security reasons.
22 Jun 2015
Whale Tail Concept Being Tested that Reduces Bunker Consumption by Harnessing Wave Energy
"The foils reduced resistance on the ship by between 9 and 17 percent at wave heights of under three metres," says NTNU's Eirik Bøckmann.
22 Jun 2015
Gibraltar: Carnival's LNG Bunker Decision "Demonstrates that the use of LNG is Becoming Mainstream"
"The safe future of marine propulsion, power generation and bunkering is clearly in the use of LNG," says Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar's Chief Minister.
22 Jun 2015
Sinopec Delaying $850-million Storage Terminal in Indonesia
Slow demand is cited for a delay that could last up to five years.
22 Jun 2015
Orkim Harmony: Crew Member Shot, but Tanker Released After Pirates Flee, Are Later Captured
Orkim Harmony is now being escorted by the navy to Malaysia's Kuantan Port and is expected to arrive at 2 am on Saturday June 20.
19 Jun 2015
New Cape Town Storage Terminals Receives Green Light
Burgan Cape Terminals' new facility is expected to address fuel shortages in the area.
19 Jun 2015
1 Week to Go Until Platts' 12th Annual Bunker and Residual Fuel Oil Conference
This years focus: Fuel Quality, Supply, and Economics in a New Era for Bunker Fuel.
19 Jun 2015
Industry Insight: How the Collapse of OW Bunker Impacted the Insurance Industry
Industry Insight: How the Collapse of OW Bunker Impacted the Insurance Industry
This is one of the biggest claims that the trade credit insurance industry has ever experienced and shows the value of having effective credit insurance.
19 Jun 2015