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Bunker Supplier Peninsula Adds LR1 Tanker to Fleet

The Gibraltar-based firm has added the tanker Gladiator to support its operations in the Mediterranean.

10 Sep 2020

ExxonMobil to Start Selling Biofuel Bunkers at Rotterdam Later this Year

Exxon has completed a sea trial of its bio-fuel oil bunkered on board a Stena Bulk vessel at Rotterdam and used in normal commercial operations.

10 Sep 2020

Products Tanker Explodes in Vietnam

One crew member was reported missing and the remaining 11 were rescued.

10 Sep 2020

Trafigura Seeks to Expand Bebera Port in Somaliland

The company signed a storage agreement earlier this year with the Government of Somaliland's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism.

10 Sep 2020

Oil Rebounds On Encouraging Economic Data, But Crude Analysts Maintain Gloomy Stance

But Sen anticipates a Covid vaccine will revive the moribund air travel sector.

9 Sep 2020

New Bunker Brokerage Launched

By former LQM broker and CLearLynx VP Tammi Welch-Ingannamorte.

9 Sep 2020

FEATURE: Bunker Industry Warms to Wider Application of MFMs and Licences

The bunker industry may be coming around to the idea of applying Singapore's system of MFMs and bunker licences more widely.

9 Sep 2020

Zhoushan Bunker Sales Surged in August

A total of 420,000 mt of bonded bunker fuel was supplied at the Chinese port in August.

9 Sep 2020

DFDS Plans to Burn Methanol at Same Time as HSFO

By investigating this option, DFDS hopes to encourage the development of green methanol produced from sustainable sources.

9 Sep 2020

Bunker Spill Reported After Fire on VLCC off Sri Lanka

The VLCC New Diamond is currently about 37 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point.

9 Sep 2020

Fantasy Football League Launches for Bunker Industry

A prize of £100 will be awarded to the overall winner of the league.

9 Sep 2020

Alphaliner Sees Inactive Container Fleet Drop to 3.4% of Capacity

The number of ships left inactive for scrubber retrofits sank to just 25 by the end of last month.

9 Sep 2020

Oil Plummets As Traders' Covid Induced Concerns Turn Into Panic

Meanwhile, Russia plans on increasing market share once demand recovers.

8 Sep 2020

UK Replaces Shipping Minister After Seven Months in Job

Robert Courts is taking over the role from Kelly Tolhurst.

8 Sep 2020

MSC Takes on "Always Clean" Antifouling Robot to Improve Fuel Efficiency

The system will be installed at a shipyard in China at the same time as the vessel undergoes class renewal and has a scrubber fitted.

8 Sep 2020

Japanese Firms to Develop Ammonia-Fuelled Tugboat Design

The companies previously worked together on Japan's first gas-powered ship in 2015, the tugboat Sakigake.

8 Sep 2020

Scrubber Manufacturer Yara Marine Starts Offering Overboard Pipes on Corrosion Concerns

The company has now delivered overboard pipes to a customer for the first time.

8 Sep 2020

First LNG Bunkering of a Foreign Vessel in the US

Furetank's tanker the FURE VEN was bunkered with LNG by Eagle LNG Partners at Jacksonville on September 1.

8 Sep 2020

Crude Prices Drop Again, But Vaccine News Mitigates Losses

Meanwhile, Yardeni expresses confidence about an improving economy.

7 Sep 2020

US Refining Firms Take to Court Over Bunker Desulfurisation Patent

The technology involves using a hydroprocessing unit at a refinery to remove the sulfur from HSFO while preserving its other qualities.

7 Sep 2020