SAFE Boats to resume production at Tacoma facility Bremerton, Wash., headquartered SAFE Boats International is to bring back production to its Large Craft Production Facility (LCPF), located in the Port of Tacoma, which specializes in production of vessels over 65
USACE activates inspections along Mississippi River The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase I flood fight procedures beginning March 11, 2021.
VIDEO: LNG-fueled car carrier first newbuild with ClassNK remote survey notation K-Line's LNG-fueled car carrier Century Highway Green, recently completed by Imabari Shipbuilding's Tadotsu Shipyard, has become the world's first vessel to receive ClassNK's Remote Survey (RMSV) notation on delivery. Version 2 of
Pacific islands propose hefty levy on ships' GHG emissions As we reported yesterday, the shipping community is calling for a $5 billion IMO shipping decarbonization R&D effort to be funded by a $2 per ton tax on marine fuels. Two pacific
CMA CGM sees volumes remaining strong for first half of 2021 CMA CGM has reported lower volumes for 2020. But a rapid recovery in the fourth quarter boosted profitability across the...
Israel's 'secret attacks' on Iran's tankers not a threat to shipping, say experts The Wall Street Journal reported Iran has bombed or mined Iranian tankers carrying oil bound for Syria since late 2019...
Not all countries should be in the flagging business The right of sovereign states to set up a shipping register goes back over a century to the Treaty of...
Union urges release of seafarer stuck on ship for four years The 33-year-old seafarer from Syria was ordered by a local court to stay on the abandoned Bahrain-flagged vessel as legal...
The week in charts: Gulf of Guinea piracy | Muted box growth | Casualty reporting shortfall Lloyd's List's interactive map highlights the ongoing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, while global volume growth of...
The Lloyd's List Podcast: Oil spills and container losses ITOPF managing director Dr Karen Purnell joins the Lloyd's List Sustainability Editor Anastassios Adamopoulos to explain why oil spills from...
RightShip expands vetting rules There are now 50 assessment items, compared with the original 20
Lloyd's List launches The Future of Shipping hub Over the course of 2021 Lloyd's List will host a series of live digital events, on-demand content and special reports...
Dozens of bulkers remain caught in crosshairs of China-Australia row While China's ban on Australian cargo has been positive for the dry bulk market, over 40 laden bulkers remain stranded...
Israel is targeting ships carrying Iranian oil, says WSJ WSJ report says Israel targeted at least 12 vessels linked to Iran
Daily Briefing Free to read: Marshall Islands demands $100 tax on shipping emissions | New Opec forecasts to weigh on Middle East Gulf...
Seattle dredging plan draws environmental challenge The Center for Biological Diversity says the deepening project would have an impact on wildlife, including whales, and contaminate local waters
Wan Hai unveils $1bn ordering spree Brokers suggest the Taiwanese shipping line is in talk with shipbuilders, including Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, about the construction...
Fifteen crew kidnapped from tanker in Gulf of Guinea The remaining six crew members of the tanker are safe and on board the tanker, which is being attended by...
Full steam ahead for Wall Street's shipping stocks Container, dry bulk and tanker stocks push forward. Biggest winner since mid-2020: Danaos, up (this is not a typo) 1,202%.
Lawmaker: Use Postal Service to test vehicle-miles-traveled fee Congressman Sam Graves proposes using the Postal Service to test a new bridge and highway funding effort.
Novorossiisk port operations hampered by storms All work stopped at the Black Sea Russian port of Novorossiisk on March 11 due to the intensification of a storm, a company representative from Russian pipeline operator Transneft said.
Repsol completes first LNG bunker operation with emissions offsets **Repsol transfers 420 cu m LNG into Furetank-owned tanker **Operation to supply Swedish-flagged chemical tanker
ARA fuel oil stocks up 1% on week as eastern pull weakens: Insights Global **European 0.5%S marine fuel heard to be long in Med: sources **1% paper backwardation weakens over the week
RUSSIA DATA: January oil product exports up 6.7% on year Russia exports diesel, fuel oil and jet fuel to international markets, and recently started exporting gasoline to Northwest Europe for onward shipment to Africa and the Americas.
Fujairah Uniper refinery outage sends delivered marine fuel premium at the port to 49-week high Product availability has been getting increasingly tight over the past few days in the Middle Eastern port of Fujairah.
Minerva Bunkering launches carbon offsets for marine fuel **Platts CEC prices have strengthened since January launch
European HSFO cracks hit 10-month low on falling demand Trans-Atlantic demand has fallen with the product largely going to coker usage and scrubber demand.
BUNKERWORLD INDEX: Prices rise amid firming crude and variable VLSFO supply **Fujairah market set to firm on limited availability **Rotterdam access to product expected to improve **Pockets of good demand in Latin America
Hong Kong shipowners call for crew changes to resume as shipping, bunkering struggle **Hong Kong bunker sales fall 30%-40% in 2020 **14-day quarantine applies even to ships on bunker-only calls **Singapore continues to facilitate crew sign-offs
Thailand's spot LSFO exports set to halve in April as refiners refocus on domestic bunker demand Refiners refocus their efforts on meeting rebounding domestic demand for bunker fuel.
CHINA DATA: Independent refiners' run rates hit record highs on strong margins, demand: JLC **Refining margins improve in Feb **About 27.4 mil mt/year capacity to be offline in Q2
SINGAPORE DATA: Residual fuel stocks rise 4% on week to year-to-date high 22.8 mil mt Singapore's commercial stockpiles of heavy distillates, which include cracked and straight run fuel oil as well as low sulfur waxy residue, has been inching progressively higher the past three consecutive weeks.
SINGAPORE DATA: Middle distillate stocks retreat on healthy gasoil exports **Gasoil outflow remains above 500,000 mt for second consecutive week **Singapore flips to net importer of jet fuel
Bunker fuel shipments unaffected by fire at ENEOS' Chiba refinery **LNG not a mere transition fuel for shipping **Digitalization to accelerate profits, cleaner fuels adoption **Clear consistent policies, carbon levy fund to assist
Collaboration key to driving shipping's decarbonization, digitalization agendas **LNG not a mere transition fuel for shipping **Digitalization to accelerate profits, cleaner fuels adoption **Clear consistent policies, carbon levy fund to assist
INTERVIEW: Containers well-placed to spearhead shipping decarbonization - Maersk **Green shipping practices vary in different maritime segments **Prefers methanol, ammonia as future marine fuel; skeptical on LNG **'Green premium' will become acceptable to customers
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