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OPEC: Crude Falling After Saudi Arabia 'Unilaterally Lowered' Prices
OPEC's largest producing member, Saudi Arabia, has lowered its prices for crude oil delivered next month without consultation with other members.
8 Oct 2014
ExxonMobil: Bunker Markets Will Become Much More Complex and Fragmented
"We will see many different products that are manufactured in different ways and perform in different ways," says ExxonMobil's Iain White
8 Oct 2014
Japanese Battery Maker Joins Renewable Power Project For Greek Ferry
Furukawa will supply batteries for Eco Marine Power's energy storage trial project.
8 Oct 2014
Asian Shipbuilders Compete for Shell LNG Bunkering Ship
Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, and China's Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding are all bidding.
8 Oct 2014
Vietnamese Tanker Feared Hijacked After Departing Singapore
IMB's piracy watchdog urges other vessels to keep a look out for ship carrying 18 crew and 5,226 tons of oil.
8 Oct 2014
U.S. Navy: Unmanned Vessels by Next Year, but "People Questions" Remain
The U.S. Navy says it has sucessfully tested unmanned, "autonomous" boats which could be put to use next year.
8 Oct 2014
IBIA: IMO Needs to Act on Poor Quality Bunkers
The industry associated has proposed a licence system to the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee.
8 Oct 2014
OW Bunker Adds New Manager to UK Team
Varun Chhabria will be Manager responsible for sourcing and reselling in the United Kingdom.
8 Oct 2014
P&O Ferries: ECA Rules Will Increase Fuel Bill by £30 Million per Year
The company is creating a low sulfur surcharge and expects to recover costs by passing them onto customers.
8 Oct 2014
Brent at its Lowest Since June 2012
Bunker buyers should be waiting to make purchases as long as they can.
7 Oct 2014
ExxonMobil Gains OEM Approval for SHC Aware H Series Lubricants
ExxonMobil says the new lubricants are compliant with EPA requirements as well as reducing the need for maintenance.
7 Oct 2014
SGMF to Release Guidelines for LNG Bunkering
SGMF member guidelines for LNG bunkering will be "reasonably prescriptive" says society's General Manager.
7 Oct 2014
MES Developing New Eco Gas Carrier
Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.is developing a multi-gas carrier to transport LNG and LEG.
7 Oct 2014
Alfa Lavel Receives New Scrubber Order
The order is for $7.6 million worth of gas exhaust cleaning systems.
7 Oct 2014
MOL: Evolving Regulations are a Business Opportunity
MOL President says the company could turn envirmnmental regulations into competitive advantage.
7 Oct 2014
Second Singapore Arrest in 12 Months for Essar Bulker
Essar-owed bulker Kiran has been arrested in Singapore for the second time in 12 months.
7 Oct 2014
2013 Sees Slight Decline in Ship Operating Costs
Average operating costs in the shipping industry were down 0.3 percent on the previous year in 2013, but crew costs rose slightly.
7 Oct 2014
WesPac Midstream Ponders Alaskan LNG Bunkering Facility
250,000-gallon-per-day liquefaction plant planned near Anchorage.
7 Oct 2014
Marine Energy Management Firm Marorka Expands into Copenhagen, Singapore
Changes at Marorka will see firm's global footprint increase significantly following injection of funding.
7 Oct 2014
OW Bunker Appoints New CFO
Group treasury manager Kent Larsen will replace Morten Skou.
7 Oct 2014