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Damen Maaskant has delivered the diesel-electric scampi trawler San Koura Rangi to the New Zealand seafood company Sanford.

FueLNG has completed its 400^th LNG bunkering with the fuelling of the world’s largest car carrier, BYD Shenzhen.

High sulphur fuel oil (HSFO), very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low sulphur marine gasoil (LSMGO) prices increased week-on-week at the Port of Singapore, according to Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) data.

Some 4,404,440 metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel (including alternative fuels) were sold in Singapore last month - 4% up on the 4,235,160 mt recorded in April 2024.

India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has announced that the country’s major ports achieved a 4.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in cargo throughput in FY 2024-25.

The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) has reported that it recently held a table-top workshop with Britannia P&I Club in Singapore where attendees planned a response to a bunker spill scenario involving an LNG-fuelled vessel.

Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical Co Ltd (CPN), in collaboration with Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd (OOCL), completed Hong Kong’s first B30 marine biofuel bunkering operation yesterday (7 May), supplying ISCC-EU Certified B30 marine biofuel to a containership operated by OOCL.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) of the Indian Government has issued a prohibition on cargo imports from Pakistan and this has been followed by instructions from Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce to put a hold on cargo imports from India.

Watson Farley & Williams has announced that maritime disputes expert Andrew Rigden Green has joined the firm as a partner in Hong Kong.

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has opened a new office in Santiago, Chile.