Tag: bunker fuels
Supporting Brazil’s Tanker Market
Report from the IEA highlighted that global demand for oil and petroleum-based products will reach a record high of 101.9 billion barrels per...
VLSFO Bunker Fuel Contamination On The Rise
Customers requesting comprehensive forensic testing on tainted low-sulfur fuel oil bunkers shipped in the Antwerp and Rotterdam areas have steadily increased over the past...
Neste Unites With Nordic Marine Oil To Provide Co-Processed Marine Fuel
Nordic Marine Oil has started to build its sustainability offering, and the co-processed marine fuel is our first step in enabling the shipping...
Singapore’s Bunker Fuel Sales Drops Out In May
Sales of marine fuels at the port of Singapore totalled 4.07mn t in May, down by around 4pc or 185,000t from April.
But...
Singapore Bunker Fuel Volume Rose By 6.2% On Year In February
Sales of marine fuels at Singapore port rose by 6.2% on year during February 2021, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)...
Effect of Bunker Prices Spike on Scrubber-Fitted VLCCs
Non-scrubber fitted tankers in the red on key routes
Widening HSFO discount to LSFO may revive scrubber market
Rising LSFO prices to push...
Scrubber-Fitted VLCCs Gets More Demand With Bunker Prices Spike
The rising discounts which high sulfur fuel oil is enjoying over its low sulfur cousin has resulted in a clear two-tier market for VLCCs,...
Shippers Concerned of BDN Errors in the COVID19 Pandemic
According to an Argus Media report, inaccurate bunker delivery notes (BDNs) will become problematic when Covid-19 restrictions ease and port state controls check fuel...
Top 3 Risks Environment Suffers from Routine Shipping
Routine shipping can be responsible for many types of adverse impacts on the environment. These include water pollution, toxic contamination by antifouling paints, seabird...
Marine Bunker Fuels – Quality Concerns And ISO 8217 – Are...
It is not rare to come across poor quality marine bunker fuels even though these met the test parameters of the standard ISO 8217:2005...