Bunkering
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Scrubber-fitted capes speed up in first weeks of the new year
The largest bulk carriers afloat are moving at different speeds depending on whether or not they have a scrubber fitted.…
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Ammonia-fuelled tanker project moves ahead
Malaysia’s flagship carrier MISC along with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Lloyd’s Register (LR) and MAN Energy Solutions have announced that…
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Coastal shipping along India’s east coast grinding to a halt on lack of VLSFO
The IMO 2020 regulation has its first global trade scalp with news from south Asia where coastal shipping operations along…
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Beijing grants tax waiver on VLSFO exports
Beijing has given the green light to a tax waiver on exports of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) with…
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World’s top managers provide insight into 2020 challenges
According to Rajesh Unni, the CEO of Synergy Marine Group, the art and the science of the shipmanager is essentially…
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Finco Fuel takes majority stake in GoodFuels
Netherlands-based fuel supplier Finco Fuel has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in GoodNRG, the holding company renewable fuels…
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Fratelli Cosulich adds a sixth bunker tanker in Singapore
Italian bunker trader and supplier Fratelli Cosulich announced it has just added a sixth vessel to its fleet in the…
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Weekly Bunker: 2020 starts with a bang
Its 2020. VLSFO is more expensive than MGO. #WorldWar3 is one of the highest trending tags on Twitter. Brent crude…
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Houston has a bunkering problem with alarming levels of sediment reported
An alarming 60% of proposed blends for making 0.5% low sulphur fuel oil in Houston, America’s top bunkering destination, have…
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The newbuilding quandary
Zane Berry from MCA Consulting writes for Splash today on what are the realistic propulsion options for ships ordered this…
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Goodbye to all that crap
“We burn crap on our ships. The end of the refining cycle, the residue; one step up from the asphalt…
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Value Investor’s Edge: Top stock picks for 2020
As 2019 comes to a close, J Mintzmyer, the founder of Value Investor’s Edge, is totting up the numbers in…
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Vietnamese master jailed in ‘unprecedented’ Shell fuel heist
A Vietnamese ship captain was jailed for five and a half years yesterday for his involvement in stealing more than…
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Dangerously defective new fuels detected across Europe
Europe is grappling with multiple cases of defective low sulphur fuel oil with the IMO 2020 regulation less than two…
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Case made for LNG-fuelled VLCC newbuilds
Lobby group SEA\LNG has released the results of its latest investment study, which makes the case for LNG as a…
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Liners accused of blatant profiteering as 90% variance in low sulphur surcharges is revealed
Low sulphur surcharges implemented by the world’s top liners from the start of this month vary by as much as…
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SAL Heavy Lift in world-first use of hydrogen, methanol injection technology
Hamburg’s SAL Heavy Lift has become the first shipping company in the world to adopt a new hydrogen/methanol technology to…
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IMO2020: How long will majors and refiners be able to bear the credit heat?
Will Hogg from Infospectrum on risk management in the sulphur cap era. IMO 2020 seems to be providing oil majors…
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MPA revokes bunker licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has revoked the bunker supplier licence of Inter-Pacific Petroleum due to its…
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Christmas crisis for the handy market
Operators of handy bulk carriers are facing plenty of fuel headaches in the final month before the sulphur cap starts.…
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