Bunker fuels remain readily available in ports across Europe and Africa, but rough winter weather looks set to disrupt bunkering in several ports across the Mediterranean, Black Sea and South Africa. There is more fuel oil in independent storage tanks …
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In the first four months of the 2020/2021 US marketing year for soya beans (which started on 1 September), 2.5m tonnes of soya beans were exported in containers, accounting for 6.3% of total exports, while 37.1m tonnes departed the US in dry bulk ships…
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Bunker availability continues to be tight in East of Suez ports, as pre-Lunar New Year bookings have put pressure on delivery schedules across most ports, stretching lead times for bunker fuels. Singapore’s very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) bunker mark…
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The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has published a white paper setting out sustainability issues and principles surrounding marine fuels under consideration for shipping’s decarbonisation. The paper, titled Defining sustainability criteria for z…
A recent judgment from the Commercial Court has emphasised the importance of accurate wording for letters of undertaking (LoUs), especially in relation to arbitration agreements and time extensions. A cargo damage claim in Lavender Shipmanagement Inc v…
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