World Fuel Services (WFS) is pleased to announce a new physical marine fuel supply location in Tampa, Florida. WFS will supply fuel oil and marine diesel from Port Manatee to vessels in the Tampa Bay area.

Joe Gowen, SVP Global Marine

Tanker Market Outlook, we explained our future expectations of weaker Aframax demand along the Caribbean > US Gulf trade, which accounts for roughly 4.7% of total sector ton-mile demand. In January, we stated “On the other side of the Atlantic,

Two of the most discussed issues in the international maritime industry in recent years have been the implementation of Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and the approaching Sulphur Cap 2020.

The prolonged maritime downturn of the last decade combined with the

Vessel Delays in Port

Adjustments to our tonnage supply assumption also takes into account the average number of days a vessel spends in port for each voyage. We conduct an analysis of average port times on an annual basis using data

Efforts to green the European shipping industry have received a boost this week, with two major banks pledging to fund €300 million worth of clean tech investments in ships over the next three years.

The Dutch bank ING and the European

Agreeing on the details could be challenging as IMO works on dealing with potential non-availability situations when the marine fuel sulphur limit falls to 0.50%. Apart from dealing with non-availability cases, questions also need to be answered regarding unintentional and

The proposed change to MARPOL Annex VI to make it an offence to carry bunkers above 0.50% sulphur does not prevent the use of abatement technology such as scrubbers. Nor does it apply to bunkers carried as cargo. But there

Skuld would like to remind Members that as of 1 January 2018 EU Regulation 2015/757 became fully effective, this regulation is also known as the Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Regulation (“MRV Regulation”).

The principle behind the MRV Regulation is to monitor,

Air quality, the leading priority of European ports, was the focus of last Friday discussion, organised by CERTH within the European co-funded project Poseidon Med II, which took place at Piraeus Port Authority, bringing together executives from the shipping and

The International Maritime Organization has agreed to update the 2015 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS Guidelines) to clarify a number of issues, and it is proving challenging to strike a balance amid fears the review could make the