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Iranian Seizure of Singapore Owned Maersk Tigris Due to Cargo Dispute
Maersk says it was ordered to pay $3.6 million by an Iranian court on Thursday after decade-long dispute over 10 shipping containers.
1 May 2015
Tanker Market Making Extended Earnings Run In 2015: BIMCO
The association says rate averages posted in Q1 have not been seen since 2008.
1 May 2015
Russia Developing Bunkering, Port Infrastructure For NSR
Officials hope that the developments will boost port business development in the region.
1 May 2015
Lukoil Resumes Bunkering Operations in Yaroslavl
Lukoil-subsidiary Lukoil-Bunker said that its first three operations had occurred on April 27.
1 May 2015
Port of Gothenburg Launches Oil Spill Robot
An automatic and unmanned watercraft will tow a plastic boom out to the water in case of an oil spill.
1 May 2015
Alfa Laval Patents Scrubber Wash Water Cleaning Process
The PureSOx H2O water cleaning unit removes soot from the scrubber's circulation water when it is operating in closed-loop mode.
1 May 2015
Reports: Dynamic Oil Trading's Former CEO Lars Møller Starts New Singapore-Based Business
Dania Trading is understood to be offering brokerage and maritime consultancy services with a focus on Asia.
1 May 2015
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 17
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2015 Week 17
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30 Apr 2015
Crude Futures on the Rise
We advise buyers to protect themselves and buy bunkers sooner rather than later so as not to be exposed to the continual escalation of oil prices.
30 Apr 2015
South Korea Announces "Exciting Plans" to Develop LNG Bunkering Facility
Busan New Port will see a LNG bunkering facility developed by 2018.
30 Apr 2015
Analysts: "Stellar" Start to Tanker Market in 2015, and 2016 Looking Better than Previously Expected
Arctic's updated rate forecast is an average VLCC rate of $50,000 per day in 2015.
30 Apr 2015
DSME Releases Over 100 LNG Shipbuilding Patents
Daewoo reportedly spent about $47 million developing the technologies.
30 Apr 2015
Seaspan: Fuel Saving Vessels in High Demand Despite Significant Drop in Bunker Prices
"Our core focus will be remaining on designing, owning and chartering large modern fuel-efficient containerships," says CEO Gerry Wang.
30 Apr 2015
Dan-Bunkering Expands With Second US Office
The company has opened a second office in Stamford, Connecticut.
30 Apr 2015
Scorpio Bulkers Unloads 10 Newbuilds for $401 Million
Announcement follows December sales call of four Capesize newbuilds
30 Apr 2015
Low Bunker Prices Help CSCL Triple Profits
The Chinese box carrier reports a 306 percent year-over-year net profit to $40 million.
30 Apr 2015
Report: Asia Pacific to Dominate Lubricant Market By 2016
Lubricants are following the same trends seen in the shipping industry.
30 Apr 2015
Benchmarks Rise as Cushing Sees First Draw on Crude Stocks in Five Months
Supporting the climb was a smaller than expected rise in US crude inventories stocking the fire that demand is growing.
29 Apr 2015
EU to Provide $10.5 Million Funding for "Big Data" Project to Improve Shipping Efficiency
"There's no doubt that this project is ground-breaking and holds a high potential for innovation," the EU was quoted as saying about the project.
29 Apr 2015
Iran Seizes Singapore-Managed Maersk Container Ship In Persian Gulf
Maersk Tigris had been following normal commercial route, says Rickmers Shipmanagement.
29 Apr 2015