The marine fuel supply chain is facing renewed challenges. Various port authorities have cracked down on some bunker suppliers and removed their licences. More recently, attempts by some suppliers to blend with cutter stock or shale oil to meet minimum…
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It’s demolition activity which will balance out – eventually – the current tonnage overhang in the tanker market, as it did (coupled with a rise in demand) in the dry bulk market. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Shipbroking noted t…
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Sembcorp Marine has won its biggest green technology retrofits contract to date, awarded by Maran Tankers for the installation of marine scrubbers and ballast water management systems on 13 of the Greek owner’s vessels. Under the contract, four suezmax…
The issue of tonnage oversupply is still not dealt with adequately, especially in segments like tankers. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “the markets from Bangladesh and Pakistan appear to have taken some time t…
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It is rare that a fuel specification change could disrupt the oil value chain, but the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) planned change to bunker fuel regulation may do just that. The IMO, the United Nations’ body responsible for the safety a…
IMO 2020: mayhem or opportunity for the refining and marine sectors? Read More »