All News

Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report: 2018 Week 41

Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from October 4 – October 10, 2018.

11 Oct 2018

Triple-Digit Oil Price Forecasters Silent As Crude Plummets Again, By 3 Percent

However, Bank of America Merrill Lynch still sees Brent climbing to the $90s.

11 Oct 2018

OPEC Ups September Production, Barkindo Declares Market Well Supplied

But the secretary general is worried about spare oil capacity due to lack of investment.

11 Oct 2018

IMO 2020: Bunker Buyers Need to Shift from Thinking Fuel Procurement to Fuel Management, Says ExxonMobil

And it needs to be done on a per vessel basis, Luca Volta, ExxonMobil's Marine Fuels Venture Manager, tells Ship & Bunker.

11 Oct 2018

Price of a Cruise Could Rise on Costlier Fuel Post-2020

Sulfur cap change are strong distillate demand likely to push up prices.

11 Oct 2018

MGO Supply Squeezed by China's 0.5% Sulfur cap

Yangtze Delta ECA has led to increased distillate demand.

11 Oct 2018

Malay Authorities Hold Tanker for Illegal STS Operation

Alleging marine gasoil was transferred without proper authority.

11 Oct 2018

The Changing Nature of Benchmarking

We move from a market where the products people want to buy are by and large readily available, to one where only those with a heavily detailed plan can be sure they can buy what they want.

11 Oct 2018

Top Traders Highlight Oil Price Uncertainty with Trafigura and Others Forecasting Prices Anywhere from $65-$100/bbl

BP says the market should expect "extreme volatility" for oil prices.

10 Oct 2018

Oil Prices Dragged Down by Wall Street, Demand Concerns

Hurricane Michael could cause a 1 million bpd drop in demand, say experts.

10 Oct 2018

Bomin Dismisses Market Exit Rumour

Gossip likely stems from a misinterpreted internal email circulating the market.

10 Oct 2018

Star Bulk Scrubber Loan gets Green Stamp

Confirms to Green Loan Principles, says company.

10 Oct 2018

IMO2020: Bunker CEO Sees Higher Prices Presenting Credit Challenges

Liquidity seen as being a challenge for some players once the sulfur cap is in force.

10 Oct 2018

Maersk Takes IMO2020 Bunker Fuel Storage in Singapore

Follows similar VLSFO storage move in Rotterdam.

10 Oct 2018

Navigating Through Complexity: IMO 2020 and Opportunities Created by Fuel Market Dynamics

Matt Muenster, Senior Manager of Applied Knowledge, Breakthrough, talks bunker prices, BAFs, compliance strategies and transparency.

10 Oct 2018

IEA Urges Producers to Pump More Oil as Brent Tops $85/bbl

Meanwhile, JP Morgan joins the ranks of experts sending inconsistent messages to traders.

9 Oct 2018

IMO 2020: Maersk's Scrubber Investment Not a Sign of Low Sulfur Supply Doubts

"All our indications point to the fact that compliant fuel will be available," Head of Maersk Oil Trading tells Ship & Bunker.

9 Oct 2018

Shipowner: Ships Should Sail if Compliant Fuel not Available

No prosecution when ships can't source the right fuel, argues Italian shiponwer Grimaldi.

9 Oct 2018

Report: 600 mt of Fuel Spilt in Corsica Ship Collision

French, Italian teams are working to contain spill.

9 Oct 2018

Dual-fuel Hydrogen Injection Project Secures Funding

To develop technology for marine use.

9 Oct 2018