What happens with any non-compliant fuel oil remaining onboard a ship when arriving at the next port of call after submitting a Fuel Oil Non-Availability Report (FONAR)? The first option is debunkering, but what if that’s not possible at the ship’s fir…
FONAR discussions at MEPC 74 show divergent views Read More »
ASBATANKVOY, one of the most widely used tanker charter parties in the world, will form the basis when BIMCO and the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents (U.S.A.), Inc. (ASBA) begin to jointly develop a charter party specifically for use in the gas…
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The expectancy of a tanker market upswing, as a result of increased demand for low-sulphur fuels ahead of the IMO 2020 rule, while reasonable enough, isn’t going to be as simple as one might expect. In its latest weekly market report, shipbroker Gibson…
IMO 2020: Tanker Market Upswing Not So Straightforward Read More »
Capesize The past week marked one of the busier periods for Capesizes this year. With a subdued start due to a public holiday in Singapore on Monday, the market carried on to register solid activity through to Thursday across most major routes. Friday …
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The car show Top Gear was notorious for its disdain of environmentally friendly cars, so viewers were stunned in 2008 when the hosts confidently predicted that hydrogen fuel cells would power the cars of the future. But today these cars remain rare. Wh…
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