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By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Faced with imminent new global marine pollution rules, shipping companies and insurers are puzzling over the

Iceland is moving to ban the use of heavy fuel oil as the Nordic island nation looks to clean up air quality in and around its coastal areas.  The

Low sulphur fuel is proving to be ‘extremely popular in Rotterdam, Europe’s largest bunkering hub, with more half of all November bunker sales attributable

By Koustav Samanta and Jane Chung SINGAPORE/SEOUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Asia’s oil refiners are starting to see a surge in demand for cleaner fuels

Interview by Mike Schuler – Gianluca Marucci is Global Director of Technical Services at Castrol, a leading global supplier of marine lubricants. With

By Julia Payne and Roslan Khasawneh LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Disruption to shipping from the long-anticipated switch to more environmentally

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Seafarer representatives are increasingly worried that the forthcoming IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulations could result

By Ann Koh and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — Ship owners are waiting longer and paying more to refuel at the Asian hub of Singapore as the industry

By John Kemp LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Fears about a shortage of diesel and other middle distillates stemming from new marine pollution regulations have

Global bunker trader KPI Bridge Oil has reported that its sales of 2020-compliant fuels has exceeded the sale of high sulphur fuel oils for the first time. The

By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Profits at Asian refineries are being buffeted by a combination of factors, chief among them

HOUSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Shortages of low-sulfur fuel oil could appear at some ports in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia next year, but most

Nov 20 (Reuters) – Global oil refiners have upgraded processing units and adjusted operations to raise output of low-sulfur residual fuels and marine

(Bloomberg) –Ships hauling everything from iron ore to coal and grains are struggling to obtain the fuels they need to test them in time for the start of

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Malaysia has prohibited the use of open-loop scrubbers by ships plying Malaysian waters, as Southeast Asia’s

By Javier Blas and Alaric Nightingale (Bloomberg) –Royal Dutch Shell Plc has made $1 billion from trading fuel oil this year, making it one of the

By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (Reuters) – China’s Sinopec Corp plans to build a fleet of 100 barges over the next three years to supply marine

LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Marine fuel supplier Peninsula Petroleum said on Tuesday it plans to double deliveries of very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) to

By Roslan Khasawneh KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Belgian tanker operator Euronav signed a service agreement on Tuesday making Malaysia’s Linggi

By Sharon Cho – (Bloomberg) –Saudi Arabia has priced its lighter crude at the widest premium to heavier oil in almost two years as new rules