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Biofuel Trial Marks Singapore Expansion for Goodfuels

The Kira Oldendorrf was bunkered in Singapore with biofuel supplied by Goodfuels.

15 Apr 2021

Oil Escapes Holding Pattern With 5% Surge As Traders Embrace Strong Demand Data

Meanwhile, Pioneer CEO predicts another price increase of $10 in the next few weeks.

14 Apr 2021

FEATURE: Bunker Industry Assesses Credit Situation With 10% of Financing Disappearing

Panelists at IBIA's Shipping & Bunkering in Transition conference said as much as 10% of traditional financing for the bunker industry has disappeared, and new lending is only available at a much higher cost.

14 Apr 2021

UECC Launches First Hybrid LNG- and Battery-Powered Car Carrier

The company held a launching ceremony for the new ship, a pure car and truck carrier, on Monday.

14 Apr 2021

Suez Authority's $916 Million Claim Over Ever Given Grounding 'Largely Unsupported'

The Ever Given has been arrested following a successful court application by the authority on Tuesday.

14 Apr 2021

IMO Sees MARPOL Annex VI Wording Complicating Use of Biofuel Bunkers

At IBIA's Bunkering & Shipping in Transition conference on Monday, industry veteran Nigel Draffin noted that the higher nitrogen emissions of biofuels compared with conventional bunkers may be in conflict with regulation 18 of MARPOL Annex VI.

14 Apr 2021

Gibraltar Bunker Calls at Three-Month High

Gibraltar does not release official figures for bunker sales volumes there, but its total is estimated to have been flat on the year in 2020 at about 4 million mt.

14 Apr 2021

Singapore Will Become Asia's Largest LNG Bunkering Hub: Total

Singapore has long been the world's largest hub for conventional bunker fuels, with annual sales close to 50 million mt in 2020, but has been slower than some ports in Europe to build up LNG bunker demand.

14 Apr 2021

Oil Edges Higher On China Data, But Johnson & Johnson Halt Caps Gains

Still, indications still point to a "tremendous" demand recovery soon.

13 Apr 2021

Singapore Strait: Three Attacks on Ships Reported

But intruders got away with very little.

13 Apr 2021

'Soaring' Singapore Demand Sees Monjasa 2020 Sales Gain 8.9% in Shrinking Global Market

Monjasa's bunker sales volumes jumped to 4.9 million mt last year, while profits gained 13.2% to $30 million.

13 Apr 2021

Car Transporter Makes Carbon Free Voyage

Using biofuel and carbon offsetting.

13 Apr 2021

US Puts up $61.4 Million of Funding for Biofuels Reseach

The Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion fund will be available for research into how biofuels can be produced for heavy-duty vehicles, aviation and shipping at lower cost.

13 Apr 2021

Clean Shipping Alliance 'Disappointed' in Turkey's Scrubber Washwater Ban

The Clean Shipping Alliance argues scrubber washwater should not be interpreted by the authorities as marine pollution.

13 Apr 2021

S&B Analysis: Singapore Bunker Sales Gain 1.9% Month-on-Month in March

Singapore's first-quarter total has reached 12.72 million mt, down by 0.8% from the same period of 2.020

13 Apr 2021

Singapore: More Detail on Port Fees' Rise

Concessions offered under Green Port Programme.

13 Apr 2021

Sri Lanka Seeks $17 Million in Compensation for New Diamond VLCC Bunker Spill

The New Diamond caught fire while taking a crude cargo from Kuwait to India in September.

13 Apr 2021

MAN Enters Three-Year Project to Develop Ammonia and Diesel Engine

The AmmoniaMot project, due to run for three years from December 2020, will aim to define the steps needed to produce a duel-fuel, medium-speed engine that can use ammonia as well as conventional bunkers.

13 Apr 2021

Gas-Powered Fleet Nears 200 Ships: DNV

DNV's latest data show the global gas-powered fleet now consists of 198 ships, with a further 106 on order and another 142 vessels labelled 'LNG-ready'.

13 Apr 2021

Norway's Hagland Shipping Orders Two Battery-Powered Bulkers

The two new 5,000 DWT self-discharging bulk carriers will replace older vessels with conventional propulsion systems.

13 Apr 2021