The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach honour five maritime and cargo companies who have excelled in combating air pollution.

DNV Petroleum Services points to the key concerns in the marine fuel sector in 2010.

Vopak Brazil adds to its storage capacity in the ports of Santos and Aratu.

Litasco enters into a joint venture with Spanish oil company Meroil to invest 50 million euros in the expansion of an oil products terminal in Barcelona.

Unicom Bunkering S.A. appoints Bogdan Burgui to the post of bunker manager.

ExxonMobil has announced estimated second quarter earnings of $7.6 billion - up 85% on last year.

The Port of Le Havre outlines its plans to build a new multimodal terminal that will act as a hub for the transshipment of containers between rail and water.

Valero posts a Q2 profit, following four consecutive quarters of loss.

Brightoil pursues its growth ambitions with the purchase of an east China-based fuel trading and logistics company.

Gazprom still weighing up the options.

The VLCC M.Star is reported to have come under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The Paris Memorandum on Port State Control announces a three-month inspection programme to check the damage stability of tankers.

Atlantic Bulk Carriers becomes a distributor of Prime Lube Inc.’s BlueSKy Diesel Exhaust Fluid on the Del-Mar-Va peninsula.

Magellan Midstream Partners plans to increase storage capacity at its Galena Park marine terminal.

Matrix Bharat reports that it is ready to bunker at Kochi's Willingdon Island, and it also expects that its bunkering service at the Cochin Oil Terminal will be launched next week.

BP has claimed that former traders misused confidential information to help their new employer gain a 'strategic advantage' - according to local media reports.

Oceanbat's new tanker, Maria Del Carmen VI, is scheduled to arrive in Ecuador on Sunday.

The UK P&I Club issues a warning to shipowners over tougher legal rules on pollution in Chinese waters.

AL Gulf Coast Terminals closes a $305 million financing progamme supported by the ownership interests in its subsidiary,Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company.

Andatee announces that construction has begun on the new Jilong bunkering wharf in Donggang City, and that it is set to take a majority stake in Hailong Petrochemical.

P&I Club recommends extra vigilance during bunker operations.

Shipper APL completes a retrofit of five vessels for cold ironing.

MF Global sees a wave of departures from its London fuel oil swaps desk.

New report shows that the Port of Seattle has made significant progress in its efforts to cut environmental pollution.

The oil spill in the waters off the Chinese port of Dalian has been successfully cleaned up, but the main crude oil terminal remains shut.