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Brazil's Petrobras is 'Fully Capable' of Meeting VLSFO Demand: Company

FONARs filed in January mentioning compliant fuel shortages in Brazil mostly referred to ports where Petrobras does not operate.

9 Mar 2020

Oil Price Collapses Overnight in Sharpest Intraday Loss Since 1991

Brent crude futures dropped as low as $31.02/bl, the biggest decline since the Gulf War in 1991, down from Friday's close of $45.27/bl.

9 Mar 2020

ANALYSIS: The Strange Death of 180 CST Fuel Oil

By January of this year 180 CST HSFO represented just 0.02% of total marine fuel demand in Singapore.

9 Mar 2020

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Sees COVID-19 Causing 20% Q1 Decline in Freight Volume

The extent of the impact in the second quarter will depend on the rate of recovery in Asia, the spread of the virus and the reaction in the global economy, the company said.

6 Mar 2020

Liberian-Flagged Dry Bulk Carrier Under Arrest in Singapore

The arrest is the first of 2020 in Singapore.

6 Mar 2020

Euronav Buys Another Scrubber-Equipped VLCC

The company bought the ship, currently under construction at the DSME shipyard in South Korea, for $93 million.

6 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Freight Disruptions See Dry Cargo Shift Away From Boxships

The virus outbreak has reportedly left parts of the world short of containers, causing a rise in boxship freight rates.

6 Mar 2020

Petrobras February Fuel Oil Exports Jump to Record High

The country's fuel oil exports reached 238,000 b/d in February, or more than 1 million mt.

6 Mar 2020

WHITEPAPER: Stability and Compatibility issues with VLSFOs

Fuel users have a short time to make decisions on blending without having access to the incoming fuels, Viswa Lab writes.

6 Mar 2020

More Coronavirus Induced Losses For Crude As OPEC Comes Closer To Cutback Agreement

Russia's participation is crucial in the fight against impacted demand.

5 Mar 2020

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Week 9

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from February 27 – March 4, 2020.

5 Mar 2020

LNG Bunkering Pioneer UECC Tries Out Biofuels

Over the next three months UECC will burn 3,000 mt of GoodFuels's bio-fuel oil.

5 Mar 2020

Wärtsilä to Divide Marine Business Into Three Independent Units

The company's financial reporting will reflect the new structure from the second quarter of this year.

5 Mar 2020

Monjasa Wins Court Case Over $6.5 Million Sao Tome and Principe Bunker Cargo Dispute

The dispute related to a confiscated oil cargo that Monjasa bought in 2013.

5 Mar 2020

Singapore's MPA Toughens Measures to Control Spread of COVID-19 Virus

As of Thursday the MPA's precautionary measures list now includes all arriving vessels, passengers and crew which have visited ports in mainland China, Iran, northern Italy or South Korea in the past 14 days.

5 Mar 2020

Shipping Industry Awaits EU Emissions Trading Review in June 2021

On Wednesday the European Commission announced details of a new European Climate Law committing to a net-zero greenhouse gas plan for the continent by 2050.

5 Mar 2020

IFO180 Bunkers Fade from Global Spot Markets

As a result, Ship & Bunker will stop publishing IFO180-related multi-market averages indices.

5 Mar 2020

Russian Reluctance To Combat Coronavirus Impact Causes Crude Losses

Some analysts think OPEC cuts won't be enough to prop up the market.

4 Mar 2020

Coronavirus Puts Brakes on Industry Events

But bunkering's biggest gatherings of 2020 proceeding as planned.

4 Mar 2020

FOBAS: Large Bunker Quantity Shortages Encountered With VLSFO Fuels

The contributory factors to this issue have varied from port to port.

4 Mar 2020