Archive News

October, 2026
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Mon19Oct	SIBCON2026: LNG Bunkering Set to Double in Three Years, and Barges Beyond the Primary Ports Are the Pressure Points Key takeaways from the panel on LNG investment, market share, and emissions management.
Mon19Oct	IBT Bunkering & Trading Appoints Sales Support Specialist in Hamburg Björn Hauschild joined the firm as a sales support specialist this month.
Mon19Oct	Oil Mixed As Iran And Proxy Attacks Shrugged Off By Traders Instead, focus is narrowing on Trump's diesel deal with Russia.
Mon19Oct	Malaysia Detains Tanker for Alleged Anchoring Without Permission The tanker is alleged to have anchored without authorisation from the authorities.
Mon19Oct	Avenir LNG Launches Second Bunkering Vessel in China The vessel was launched into the water at the Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co. shipyard last week.
Mon19Oct	Guangzhou Port Conducts First Methanol Bunkering for RoRo Vessel The vessel departed to Europe after the bunkering methanol at the Chinese port.
Mon19Oct	Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia Test Joint Oil Spill Response The exercise tested cross-border coordination and explored the use of emerging technologies in oil spill response.
Mon19Oct	Germany Adopts National Plan for Climate-Friendly Shipping Germany has adopted a plan to cut shipping emissions, backed by €400 million in new funding.
Mon19Oct	GCMD Launches OCCS Impact Calculator GCMD's new calculator helps shipowners assess CO2 capture volumes and potential EU ETS compliance benefits.
Mon19Oct	Red Sea Container Shipping Return Gains Pace as Capacity Doubles: Xeneta Xeneta sees Red Sea returns could free up global container capacity and pressure freight rates heading into 2027.
Mon19Oct	New Methanol-Fuelled Boxship Joins CMA CGM Fleet The vessel will operate on CMA CGM's REX 2 service, which connects Asia with the Red Sea.
Mon19Oct	SIBCON2026: For Ships Ordered Today, Retrofit Flexibility Matters More Than Dual-Fuel Flexibility Key takeaways from the panel on the shipowner's fuel map of tomorrow.
Mon19Oct	Golden Island Completes Singapore's First Ethanol Bunkering with Maersk The operation saw 5,000 mt of bioethanol delivered to Maersk ship - the largest single ethanol bunkering to date.
Fri16Oct	Former Singapore Bunker Supplier Toyota Tsusho Petroleum Enters Liquidation The firm was removed from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's list of licensed bunker suppliers in 2023.
Fri16Oct	AMS Barging Adds Diesel-Electric Tanker to Fleet The vessel is designed to carry out methanol bunkering in the future.
Fri16Oct	Oil Jumps On Hormuz Attacks As Washington Plans To Drop "The Mother Of All Bombs" On Iran Meanwhile, Ukraine vows to keep striking Russian refineries.
Fri16Oct	Fujairah Bunker Sales Recover Some but Remain More Than Half Below Last Year Bunker sales have rebounded from June's record low, but year-to-date volumes remain more than half of last year.
Fri16Oct	BUNKER JOBS: Peninsula Seeks LNG Supply Trader in Singapore The company is looking for candidates to support its LNG bunkering business in Asian ports.
Fri16Oct	IINO Lines Deploys LPG Dual-Fuel VLGC on Borouge Charter LPG remains a niche marine fuel, with its use largely concentrated in the gas carrier segment.
Fri16Oct	Norsepower Fits Six Rotor Sails on Dual-Fuel Methanol RoRo Ship The company claims it is the largest RoRo ship fitted with a wind propulsion system.