Sales at Atlantic entrance marginally down 2.5% on year, show Panama Maritime Authority data.
Consumers will move out of high sulphur fuel oil demand and into marine gasoil or a new very low sulphur fuel oil, says forecast.
A FOBAS report identified 62 instances of off-spec bunker fuel cases between 15 to 28 February 2018.
‘The mismatch in requirements between buyers and suppliers is growing,’ says Shell LNG Outlook for 2018 report.
The throughput of bunkered LNG increased from less than 100 mt to 1,500 mt in 2017, according to port data.
Republic posted total marine fuel sales of 4.61 million mt in January 2018, higher than 4.46 million mt recorded in January 2017.
Methanol able to produce carbon neutral emission performance; but other issues need to be further analysed.
The company organised 6,232 international bunker deliveries to between 600 and 700 owned and chartered vessels in 2017.
Zero pour point for MGO doesn’t make sense for Singapore weather, says market source quoting FOBAS report.
The region was dominated by geo-political events in 2017 which created tremendous impact on the shipping and oil industry, recalls Trading Manager of Ennero.
