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Posidonia Postponed
Posidonia Postponed
International shipping event will now take place in October.
17 Mar 2020
Ship Arrest in Singapore
Ship Arrest in Singapore
Vessel detained in southeast Asian port on Monday.
17 Mar 2020
Socar Marine Targets Turkish Domestic Marine Fuel Sales
Socar Marine Targets Turkish Domestic Marine Fuel Sales
Company to start operating in domestic fuels market.
17 Mar 2020
Scrubber Payback Time to Lengthen Further as HSFO Discount Reaches New Lows
Scrubber Payback Time to Lengthen Further as HSFO Discount Reaches New Lows
The HSFO-VLSFO spread at Rotterdam narrowed by $37.50/mt to just $62/mt on Monday, according to Ship & Bunker pricing.
17 Mar 2020
Vancouver Joins Forces With Tomakomai on LNG Bunkering
Vancouver Joins Forces With Tomakomai on LNG Bunkering
The two authorities will work together to develop the provision of marine fuel at their ports.
17 Mar 2020
GP Global Targets Sales of 240,000 MT/Year in New Jebel Ali Operation
GP Global Targets Sales of 240,000 MT/Year in New Jebel Ali Operation
The company is aiming for sales of 15,000-20,000 mt/month at the new operation.
17 Mar 2020
First IMO 2020 Carriage Ban Violation Reported in UAE Waters
First IMO 2020 Carriage Ban Violation Reported in UAE Waters
The IMO's carriage ban for non-compliant fuels came into effect at the start of March.
17 Mar 2020
Fear Of Coronavirus Overtakes Its Growth Rate as Oil Prices Tumble to $20s
Fear Of Coronavirus Overtakes Its Growth Rate as Oil Prices Tumble to $20s
Investors now controlled by fear, not reason, says FXTM.
16 Mar 2020
S&B VIEWPOINT: 2020's Giant Boxship Orders Will be Key Test for LNG Bunkering
S&B VIEWPOINT: 2020's Giant Boxship Orders Will be Key Test for LNG Bunkering
Can LNG proponents persuade boxship owners to take on any more gas-fuelled ultra large container ships?
16 Mar 2020
Antwerp 'Fully Operational' Amid Covid-19 Measures
Antwerp 'Fully Operational' Amid Covid-19 Measures
Non-essential events at the port cancelled but port keeps working.
16 Mar 2020
Sinopec's Guangzhou Produces First VLSFO Batch
Sinopec's Guangzhou Produces First VLSFO Batch
1.6K mt cargo delivered to company's sales arm.
16 Mar 2020
Bunkering Continues at Italian Ports but Ship Calls are Fewer
Bunkering Continues at Italian Ports but Ship Calls are Fewer
With bunker barge crews working with protection against Covid-19 transmission.
16 Mar 2020
Italian Shipping Associations Warn of Negative Impact of Virus Measures
Italian Shipping Associations Warn of Negative Impact of Virus Measures
On Thursday Italian shipping associations Assarmatori and Confitarma wrote an open letter warning of the impact of the containment measures.
16 Mar 2020
Aviation Shutdown May Narrow VLSFO Crack Spreads
Aviation Shutdown May Narrow VLSFO Crack Spreads
VLSFO's premium to Brent at Rotterdam has already significantly narrowed this year, dropping from as much as $89.52/mt on December 31 to $41.85/mt by March 12.
16 Mar 2020
GP Global Launches Jebel Ali Bunker Supply Operation
GP Global Launches Jebel Ali Bunker Supply Operation
The company has deployed two of its wholly owned barges, each with a capacity of 4,800 mt of fuel oil and 1,000 mt of gasoil, for the operation.
16 Mar 2020
No Shift In Istanbul Bunker Demand Following IMO 2020
No Shift In Istanbul Bunker Demand Following IMO 2020
January and February 2020 saw about 400,000 tonnes supplied.
16 Mar 2020
Oil Prices Up Marginally, But Trafigura Worries That Global Demand Will Fall By 10 Million BPD
Oil Prices Up Marginally, But Trafigura Worries That Global Demand Will Fall By 10 Million BPD
On the other hand, CNBC thinks less demand will reduce the surplus problem.
13 Mar 2020
OOCL Doesn't Rule Out Fitting Scrubbers to Giant New Boxships
OOCL Doesn't Rule Out Fitting Scrubbers to Giant New Boxships
The company expects to run its five new 23,000 TEU ships on VLSFO, but may consider fitting scrubbers to them.
13 Mar 2020
Singapore February Bunker Sales Gain 2.63% on Year Despite COVID-19 Outbreak
Singapore February Bunker Sales Gain 2.63% on Year Despite COVID-19 Outbreak
Total sales advanced by 2.63% on the year to 3.879 million mt last month.
13 Mar 2020
Chinese Refinery Sends First VLSFO Batch to Zhoushan
Chinese Refinery Sends First VLSFO Batch to Zhoushan
Jinxi sent a 3,000 mt VLSFO cargo from its plant in the north-east of the country to the growing bunker port of Zhoushan on March 6.
13 Mar 2020