Iraqi oil minister, Jabbar al-Luaibi, announces the relaunch of Basrah Light at Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC). Iraq has set...

According to OPEC (based on 2015 data) 60 per cent of the world’s marine fuels are supplied in just six countries: Singapore, China, the...

BIMCO, the international shipping association, has announced its intention to fast stream the publication of its first bunker clauses in...

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Chevron Marine Lubricants has developed a brand-new range of cylinder lubricants compatible with virtually all available global sulphur...

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Bunker surcharge aims to recover some of $2bn in extra expenses involved in complying with new IMO rules. Containership giant Maersk Line...

The new BAF surcharge aims at recovering the Maersk Line costs of compliance with the global sulphur cap which enters into force on 1...

Norway’s DNB Markets has published an in-depth report on scrubber uptake across the shipping industry and is forecasting the technology...

Dry Cargo shipping demand remains largely reliant on Asian power generation, agricultural imports and manufacturing. The China – US...

Everyone is talking about IMO 2020. The tighter emissions regs are forcing ship owners to retrofit scrubber technology (only about 5 per...

Donald Trump hogs all the headlines when it comes to policy. His trade war with China, rapprochement with Russia, his issues with the EU...

I was asked this week by an academic institution what I thought the key skills for maritime leaders of the future would be. After some...

Following COSCO's deal for OOCL, now CMA-CGM and Hapag Lloyd are reported to be discussing an all-share merger, though neither company...

I have been thinking about two important changes in oil markets that are bound to affect tanker markets. These are in addition to the...