Archive News

October, 2026
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Mon12Oct	Tanker Struck by UAV Near Oman's Sohar Anchorage The incident occurred on Sunday, with some crew members onboard reported missing.
Mon12Oct	Singapore LNG Corporation Begins Work on Third Jetty to Support LNG Bunkering Construction of SLNG's third jetty at its Jurong Island terminal is expected to be completed in the second half of 2028.
Mon12Oct	SIBCON 2026: Delegates Gather in Singapore for World's Largest Bunkering Event Three days at Resorts World Sentosa open with a standards symposium before keynotes from Shell, PetroChina and Vitol.
Fri09Oct	Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Hits Panama; Canal Transits Continue as Authority Inspects Facilities Canal authority reports no effect on transits while inspections continue, and the Pacific tsunami warning has been lifted.
Fri09Oct	US Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel for Six Months After Trump-Putin Call General License 135 authorises the sale, shipping and import of Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, but EU and UK sanctions are unchanged.
Fri09Oct	Oil Gains On Hurricane Worries But Capped By Yet More Talk Of U.S./Iran Peace Meanwhile, China plans to resume refined fuel exports.
Fri09Oct	Ammonia Bunkering Trial Planned for Converted LNG-Fuelled Vessel The 2003-built platform supply vessel has been converted from LNG to ammonia propulsion.
Fri09Oct	Peninsula Vessel Joins EMSA Oil Spill Response Network The marine fuel supplier's tanker Panama 100 will provide standby oil spill response capability in the Canary Islands.
Fri09Oct	NYK to Issue Transition Bonds to Support LNG-Fuelled Vessel Investments The group's seventh transition bond issuance will support decarbonisation projects, including investments in LNG-fuelled vessels.
Fri09Oct	Repsol Supplies Co-Processed B30-MGO to NCLH Ship in Barcelona The B30-MGO was supplied under an eight-year renewable fuel deal signed in 2025.
Fri09Oct	Malaysia Detains Tanker and Tugboat Over Alleged Unauthorised STS Transfer The tanker and tugboat were detained off Selangor after failing to produce permits for the suspected diesel transfer.
Fri09Oct	Vitol's New LNG Bunkering Vessel Set to Begin Operations Later This Year Vitol Bunkers was among eight companies granted licences to supply LNG as a marine fuel in Singapore in July.
Fri09Oct	Tamba Shipping and Fairfield Maritime Japan Form Joint Venture The JV will focus on chemical, product and gas tonnage across domestic and international shipping markets.
Fri09Oct	Perpetual Next's Planned Dutch Biomethanol Plant Targets Shipping The proposed plant is expected to produce 220,000 mt/year of biomethanol, with shipping as a potential user.
Fri09Oct	Peninsula Reports Over 450 Biofuel Deliveries as Fuel Use Expands Peninsula says biofuel blends based on FAME and UCOME are becoming part of mainstream marine fuel procurement.
Fri09Oct	BUNKER JOBS: PetroChina International Seeks Bunker Sales Manager in London or Rotterdam The position is preferably based in Rotterdam, with London also an option.
Fri09Oct	Alkagesta Completes First Truck-to-Ship Bunkering in Constanta The firm supplied a total of 50.16 mt of marine gasoil at the Romanian port using two trucks.
Fri09Oct	VIEWPOINT: Why a Counter-Offer Rarely Keeps a Bunker Trader A matched package buys a few months, says Vernon Jayanathan; the resentment, the lost trust, and the market quote stay for good.
Thu08Oct	CMA CGM Adds Another Methanol-Fuelled Boxship to Fleet The 13,000 TEU container ship, CMA CGM Gold, has joined the firm's methanol-fuelled fleet.
Thu08Oct	Q3 Was the Most Dangerous Quarter for Global Shipping: Windward Iran attacked 45 commercial ships in the Gulf during Q3, up from 25 in Q2, Windward says.