Mediterranea ship sent to US Gulf for bunkering
Supply tanker Barbarica will provide ‘safest and most efficient refueling solution,’ says supplier Bunker One.
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September 2018
Future USS South Dakota Delivered to US Navy
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the 17th submarine of the Virginia class, the future USS South Dakota (SSN 790), on September 24.The next-generation attack submarine began construction in 2013 and is scheduled to be commissioned in early…
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Newbuilding Activity Takes a Breather
The newbuilding ordering market activity has taken a pause, after the recent increased pace of contracting say shipbrokers. In its latest weekly report, Allied Shipbroking said that “after a week of significant increases in reported activity, things sl…
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Is your charter party ready for 2020?
As the deadline for the IMO’s global low-sulphur fuel requirements fast approaches, it is necessary to carefully check the bunker clauses in the charter parties. The time to start thinking about what is in the charter party is not 1 January 2020. There…
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Contaminated bunkers: “the Houston problem”
The problem started with fuel supplied in the US Gulf region, particularly in the Houston area, but the problems quickly spread to Panama. More recently, similar problems have been encountered with fuel supplies out of Singapore. Although the problem i…
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