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The dry bulk company has inked contracts to install 16 scrubbers on Capesize vessels, with options for another nine vessels,

The tank storage operator announces plans to convert 500,000 cbm of capacity in Rotterdam to store VLSFO.

Profinet, a Nakhodka-based shipping agency, has been placed on the US Specially Designated Nationals list after supplying bunkers to North Korean vessels at Russian ports, in violation of UN and US sanctions.

The 180,000 cbm vessels, to be built for Celsius Tankers, will be the first LNG carriers to feature Samsung’s air lubrication system, SAVER Air.

‘Significantly more financing and innovation will be needed for the shipping industry to remain on track to meet the ambitious climate goals recently announced in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) climate strategy,’ says the Clean Cargo Working Group (Clean Cargo).

Described by Aegean Marine Chairman Donald Moore as a ‘transformative transaction, the multi-million-dollar refinancing package paves the way for the companies to begin exploring ‘a broader, global strategic partnership.’

Having stated its intention to use emission abatement technology to comply with the global sulphur cap earlier this year, the Danish shipping company has confirmed it will equip 14 vessels with exhaust gas cleaning systems.

In the first half of 2018 throughput at Lukoil group refineries totalled 32.8 million tonnes, compared with 32.6 million tonnes in the same period last year.

The Russian bunker supplier has taken steps to declare Murmansk Shipping Company bankrupt and is seeking settlement of a €110,000 claim.

Vard will deliver the world's first autonomous and electric container vessel in early 2020.