The total volume of marine fuel sold at both ends of the Panama Canal was up 5.8% on year during February 2018, according to data from La Autoridad Marítima de Panamá, also known as the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA).
It recorded combined bunker sales volume of 424,677 metric tonnes (mt) at the Pacific and Atlantic entrances in February 2018, compared to 401,232 mt in February 2017.
Sales volume of fuel oil and marine diesel oil (MDO) at the Pacific Entrance was 324,258 mt in February 2018, higher than 303,221 mt for the similar month in the previous year.
At the Pacific Entrance, 301,285 mt of fuel oil and 22,973 mt of MDO was sold in February 2018, compared to 284,270 mt and 18,951 mt on year.
The Atlantic entrance posted sales of 100,419 mt for fuel oil and MDO in February 2018, an increase from 98,011 mt during the similar month of 2017.
88,807 mt of fuel oil and 11,612 mt of MDO was sold in February 2018 at the Atlantic entrance, compared to 87,155 mt and 10,856 mt on year.
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Published: 13 April, 2018
A number of vessels reporting problems during the use of fuel from ports around the Panama Canal.
Figure is 41% down when compared to 2H January, though Singapore still remains as top off-spec port.
Company consumed 2,725,000 metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel in Q2 2021, 17% higher than 2,333,000 mt of bunker fuel during Q2 2020.
The port recorded an 81.5% increase in bunker deliveries via barges.
Consumers will move out of high sulphur fuel oil demand and into marine gasoil or a new very low sulphur fuel oil, says forecast.
Bunker congestion at major Mediterranean ports could continue well into 2020 over availability, says analyst.
Additional topics of bunker contamination and OCM services discussed at VPS’ Fuel Management Challenges – The Year of 2021 & Beyond webinar on 23 September; Manifold Times summarises the session.
‘The JMs have failed to discharge their duties by blindly helping the Banks mount a false case against the Defendant,’ wrote defence lawyers representing former IPP Director Dr Goh Jian Hian in court statement.
Lead prosecutor Andreas Myllerup Laursen aims for a fine and a prison sentence in the so-called Syria case scheduled to commence in Odense, Denmark on 26 October, writes the Danish publication.
In a modern re-telling of the story of David versus Goliath, local bunker barge owners/charterers successfully resisted claims brought in the Singapore courts by Phillips 66 for misdelivery of bunkers.
Bunker barge owners and operators; traders and suppliers; banks, including players in other countries, will have to re-examine respective operations, advises Helmsman Associate Director Jonathan Tan.
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