Head of Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has underlined economic activity in ports as a major indicator of the Iranian economy’s dynamism, saying economic activity in the country’s ports has been constantly ongoing.
News ID: 9803 Publish Date : 2020/08/09
Lower refined products demand as a result of stay-at-home orders around the globe is reducing anode-grade green petroleum coke production and affecting some calcined coke supply.
News ID: 9070 Publish Date : 2020/04/08
There are signs that IMO -compliant marine fuel is becoming more widely available in ports around the world, with shipowners filing fewer non-availability reports.
News ID: 8840 Publish Date : 2020/03/24
LPG shipping company BW LPG recorded its highest ever quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of 2019, which it attributed to a rise in exports from North America. But it warned that the coronavirus has increased uncertainty about LPG trade and production.
News ID: 8525 Publish Date : 2020/02/28
Demand for CPC Blend and BTC Blend crudes is likely to remain strong this year, but the outlook for Russian Urals is more mixed.
News ID: 8240 Publish Date : 2020/01/07
The fuel oil market is not likely to see large price swings with new marine fuel sulphur regulations that took effect at the beginning of 2020, given minor price changes for the compliant fuel in the weeks leading up to the change.
News ID: 8203 Publish Date : 2020/01/03
Possibly narrower differentials for sour crudes — under pressure from looming emissions regulations — could slow Ecuador's repayment of its oil-backed debt and limit availability for spot market exports in the first half of 2020.
News ID: 8172 Publish Date : 2019/12/31
Owners of very large gas carriers (VLGCs) are upbeat about 2020, with the market in a recovery period. But, new International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) regulations on bunker fuels may restrain freight rates and profits.
News ID: 8150 Publish Date : 2019/12/30
Light sweet US crude volumes heading to southeast Asia are poised to increase in the coming year amid growing appetite for the grades from smaller refiners in the region, partly to comply with the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) 2020 regulations cutting sulphur in marine fuels.
News ID: 8123 Publish Date : 2019/12/27
Asia-Pacific oil product refining margins fell late in 2019, but tighter supply and a heavy turnaround schedule in the Mideast Gulf may support the market in the first quarter of 2020.
News ID: 8088 Publish Date : 2019/12/24
The European vacuum gasoil (VGO) and straight-run fuel oil markets are entering uncharted territory as the new year approaches.
News ID: 8081 Publish Date : 2019/12/24
Asia-Pacific bitumen markets are ending a fairly stable year, as the impact of the US-China trade war and new sulphur regulations are offset by stable consumption in key southeast Asian markets. And demand looks likely to stay firm in 2020, despite potential weakness in the first quarter.
News ID: 8060 Publish Date : 2019/12/23
European diesel margins are likely to remain relatively low in the coming months as demand continues to face headwinds, but new marine fuel regulations offer some chance of support depending on how the shipping industry adapts.
News ID: 8057 Publish Date : 2019/12/23
Marine-fuel sulphur legislation will support demand for Mediterranean-region light sweet crudes in 2020, when access to sour crudes will be reduced by Opec output restraints and Mideast Gulf producers' focus on Asia-Pacific sales.
News ID: 7997 Publish Date : 2019/12/18
Australia has passed legislation to ensure the country will comply with tighter global marine fuel specifications that take effect from next year.
News ID: 7807 Publish Date : 2019/12/06
Spot supplies of high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) and low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) are drying up in Singapore as more buyers turn to term contracts ahead of the global implementation of the IMO 2020 sulphur cap.
News ID: 7382 Publish Date : 2019/11/12
Danish marine fuel supplier Monjasa has started supplying 0.5pc sulphur marine fuel oil in west Africa.
News ID: 7318 Publish Date : 2019/11/08
Russia may decide to delay the implementation of the International Maritime Organization's ( IMO ) cap on marine fuel sulphur content until 2024.
News ID: 7031 Publish Date : 2019/10/29
US refiner PBF Energy is looking to a handful of projects to improve its already strong position for meeting new International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) marine fuel regulations that start on 1 January.
News ID: 6825 Publish Date : 2019/10/22
Fujairah-based bunkering firm Mediterranean Eastern Enterprise (MEE) has started supplying International Maritime Organisation ( IMO ) compliant marine fuels.
News ID: 6684 Publish Date : 2019/10/17