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UK Bunker Supplier Greenergy Merges with Canada's BG Fuels

BG Fuels will be combined into Greenergy, which expanded its Northwest European bunker business this week, over the course of 2020.

14 Feb 2020

Singapore Bunker Demand Reaches Two-Year High at Start of IMO 2020

High-sulfur fuel oil sales dropped to 16.9% of total demand.

14 Feb 2020

Oil Up For Third Straight Day Despite Bleak Coronavirus News

One analyst believes traders are trying to lock in profits.

13 Feb 2020

Integr8: VLSFO - Better Quality but Watch for Critical Parameters

Despite VLSFO having only marginally more off-specs than HSFO, it is the critical quality parameters that are often recorded off-spec in VLSFO.

13 Feb 2020

Pakistan: 0.2%S MGO Available Ahead of LSFO Avails

IMO 2020 compliant fuel oil expected soon.

13 Feb 2020

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2020 Week 6

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from February 6 – February 12, 2020.

13 Feb 2020

Ship Noise Threat to Fish Breeding Grounds

Research in north Canadian waters found fish behaviour impacted by vessel noise.

13 Feb 2020

Surprise Job Loss for UK Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani in Cabinet Reshuffle

Ghani has been an active and well-regarded minister for the maritime sector in the UK, launching a plan last year seeking to have zero-emission vessels active in UK waters by 2025.

13 Feb 2020

Trefoil Hires Inatech in Management System Rethink

IT at the company will be consoldiated into a single platform.

13 Feb 2020

Fuel Oil Decline Drags Down Port of Rotterdam 2019 Liquid Bulk Throughput

Liquid bulk throughput slipped marginally to 211.2 million mt last year despite growth in crude volumes.

13 Feb 2020

Weak Bunker Demand Foreshortens Volatility: Report

A prolonged period of market volatility from the IMO 2020 transition now seems unlikely, say traders.

13 Feb 2020

Sea-LNG Plans Report on Biomethane Availability to Develop IMO 2050 Planning

The group expects to publish an "independently conducted report" on the subject sometime in the first quarter of this year.

13 Feb 2020

Vopak Sees IMO 2020 Drop in Oil Storage Occupancy Rates

"IMO-related out-of-service capacity" led to occupancy rates in Vopak subsidiaries dropping as low as 82% by the third quarter of 2019.

13 Feb 2020

Proposed 2020-Compliant VLSFO Specs

Now that 2020 is here, one of the serious issues is one of safety of the VLSFO fuel; the other one is price.

13 Feb 2020

Brightoil Poised to Sell its Bunker Business

Firm says a sale and purchase agreement has been signed.

13 Feb 2020

Surprise Jump For Crude As New Cases Of Coronavirus Decline

Meanwhile, signs indicate that Russia is close to participating in output cuts.

12 Feb 2020

VIEWPOINT: Does Euronav's VLCC Purchase Signal an End to the War on Scrubbers?

With Euronav and Maersk now backing away from earlier criticism of scrubbers the industry's most powerful opponents have recanted.

12 Feb 2020

Shipping Company Seanergy Completes Scrubber Installations on Half Its Fleet

Seanergy has fitted scrubbers to five of its Capesize dry bulk vessels.

12 Feb 2020

Euronav Seeks Second Mover's Advantage Taking on First Scrubber-Equipped VLCCs

The company has agreed to buy three new scrubber-equipped VLCCs currently under construction in South Korea for $280.5 million.

12 Feb 2020

Fujairah Fuel Oil Stocks Slip From 10-Week High

Heavy distillate and residue stocks dropped by 7.6% to 11.88 million barels in the week to Monday.

12 Feb 2020