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BUNKER JOBS: Peninsula Seeks Trader for Yacht Clients in Florida

The firm is looking for candidates with a strong knowledge of the yachts market, and preferably of selling oil to this market.

29 Apr 2021

Cape Town Refinery 'Extremely Unlikely' to Reopen

South African bunker supply capacity has already been significantly curtailed by the Engen and Astron shutdowns.

29 Apr 2021

Illegal Malaysian Anchoring 'Mistaken' in Most Cases: Gard

After arrest it can take as much as a few weeks for the ship to be released.

29 Apr 2021

Oil Jumps Over 1% As Sentiment Swings Back To Positive Demand Outlook

Meanwhile, one analyst says India's Covid woes won't derail overall recovery.

28 Apr 2021

Just 120 Ships Switching Fuels Could Kick-Start European Decarbonisation: T&E

A shift of 7% of EU bunker demand to using green ammonia or hydrogen by 2030 could be enough to prompt the decarbonisation of the rest of the industry by 2050.

28 Apr 2021

Minerva Reaches MPA's Singapore Bunker Volume Targets

Minerva now has five barges operating in Singapore, and will within the next two weeks be receiving a tanker it has bought to act as floating storage in the are.

28 Apr 2021

Panama Canal Sets 2030 Carbon Neutrality Target

The authority plans to shift tugboats and launches operating in its waters to using alternative fuels.

28 Apr 2021

New Bunker Supplier Industry Body Launches

Robert Thompson, managing director of UK-based Propeller Fuels, has founded the new body.

28 Apr 2021

VPS Reports Drop in European VLSFO With Off-Specification Sulfur Levels

"It's fair to say that Europe has struggled more than other regions to provide compliant fuel at less than 0.50% sulfur."

28 Apr 2021

Paratus Launches Bunker Price Risk Insurance

The firm has bound "the world's first insurance policies for shipping companies to protect their balance sheets against fuel-price risk," it said.

28 Apr 2021

Hapag-Lloyd's Antifouling Measures Cut Fuel Consumption by 15%

Last year the new measures were carried out on 39 of the company's ships, delivering fuel savings of about 15%.

28 Apr 2021

Oil Gains on Strong Demand Rebound Sentiment, OPEC Initiatives

China's demand is reportedly above pre-pandemic levels.

27 Apr 2021

BLUE's Adrian Tolson Paints Grim Picture of US Gulf Bunker Market

The problems for the market started with both local supply and demand being thrown into disarray by the pandemic a year ago.

27 Apr 2021

Explosion Off Yanbu Was Saudi Military Operation

The Saudi navy intercepted a 'bomb-laded unmanned surface vehicle' in the Red Sea at about 6:40 local time on Tuesday morning.

27 Apr 2021

Further Transparency Could Help Drive Marine Decarbonisation: Monjasa

Shipping companies are increasingly taking note of their carbon emissions ahead of the International Maritime Organization's target of cutting CO2 emissions per transport work by at least 40% from 2008's levels by 2030.

27 Apr 2021

Singapore is 'Catching Up' With Europe on Alternative Bunkers: Fratelli Cosulich

CEO Timothy Cosulich noted developments including the issuing of the city-state's third LNG bunkering licence to Total this year, and said at least two more LNG bunker barges would be deployed in Singapore this year.

27 Apr 2021

Japan: Consortium to Build Hydrogen-fuelled Engines

Engine makers use tougher GHG targets to speed up development.

27 Apr 2021

Australia: Cruise Demand Collapse Hurts Bunker Sales

But country's remaining refineries hope to gain from recent plant closures.

27 Apr 2021

Unconfirmed Reports of Saudi Tanker Attack Off Yanbu: Dryad Global

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organisation is aware of an incident in the area at about 6:30 am UTC on Tuesday.

27 Apr 2021

Wartsila Sees Potential in Carbon Capture

Increase in demand for carbon storage could prompt need for carbon transporters.

27 Apr 2021