Gulf News


US Gulf Coast-bound Fuel Oil Cargoes Hit Five-year Low

Sep 06, 2024

Fuel oil exports bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast slumped to their lowest level since January 2019 last month, a sign of weakened refinery demand as margins have softened, analysts said.Feedstocks like high sulfur fuel oil and other heavy residues…

US Gulf Coast Fuel Oil Imports Hit Five-year Low

Mar 01, 2024

Imports of fuel oil bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast fell to a five-year low last month as refiners ran more cheap, heavy Canadian crude and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East pressured fuel oil flows.Fuel oil deliveries to the Gulf Coast dwindled in February to just 318…

Bunker Fuel Contamination Hits US Gulf Coast

Jul 12, 2023

Contaminated marine fuels from several suppliers led to fouled engines on about a dozen vessels operating from the U.S. Gulf Coast this spring, according to Lloyd's Register and marine fuel testing service VPS.The tainted fuel was the first major occurrence along the U…

Report: Gulf-to-Europe Hydrogen Pipeline Feasible

Jun 27, 2023

RINA and Consultant AFRY have undertaken an initial study of how the Gulf region and Europe could be linked directly with a pipeline to transport low-carbon hydrogen. The results indicate a transformative opportunity to unlock the Gulf's immense…

Offshore Wind Hub Planned at Avondale Global Gateway in Louisiana

Mar 13, 2023

An offshore wind hub is coming to the site of the former Avondale Shipyard in Louisiana as the region ramps up to service the growing renewable energy industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.New Orleans-based Gulf Wind Technology (GWT) announced…

Suez Canal to Reduce Rebates on Tolls for LNG Carriers

Dec 21, 2021

Egypt's Suez Canal will reduce rebates on canal tolls for liquefied natural gas carriers from Jan. 1 till June 30, the canal authority said in a circular published on its website on Tuesday.The rebates to LNG tankers operating between the American Gulf…

Gulf Energy Seals $927 Million Port Deal with Thai Government

Nov 25, 2021

Thai power producer Gulf Energy Development Pcl on Thursday said its consortium had signed a deal worth 30.9 billion baht ($927 million) with the country's port authority for construction and operation of container terminals.The firm, among the country's largest private power producers…

Cargill Loads Soy in Texas After Ida Damages Louisiana Terminal

Oct 11, 2021

The first bulk U.S. soybean cargo from the Texas Gulf Coast in about six months was loaded and shipped last week from a Cargill Inc terminal, in a sign of shifting trade flows in the wake of Hurricane Ida, traders and shipping sources said.The…

Harvey Gulf CEO to Remain Until 2027

Feb 10, 2020

New Orleans based offshore vessels company Harvey Gulf International Marine said it has signed an agreement with its CEO, Shane Guidry, to remain at Harvey until January 1, 2027.Guidry commented, “Over the past several years, Harvey Gulf has…

Gulf Navigation Records 19% Revenue Growth

Oct 25, 2019

Gulf Navigation Holding, the Dubai Financial Market listed maritime and shipping company, has announced a 19 per cent operating revenue growth by the end of Q3 of 2019, compared to the same period last year.The Dubai-based shipping company recorded…

UK Warship Sails for Gulf Mission

Aug 12, 2019

British warship HMS Kent set sail for the Gulf on Monday to join a U.S.-led mission protecting commercial shipping vessels in the region amid heightened political tension between the West and Iran.Britain has joined the United States in a maritime…

Revolutionary Guards Seize Oil Tanker in Gulf

Jul 18, 2019

Iran has seized a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf, state television quoted Iran's Revolutionary Guards as saying on Thursday.'A foreign vessel smuggling one million litres of fuel in the Larak Island of the Persian Gulf has been seized…

Hapag-Lloyd Adds VRS

Jul 08, 2019

German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has decided to implement a global vessel risk surcharge (VRS) following recent maritime incidents in the Gulf of Oman.The container line said that operating costs for its services have increased…

Maersk, Major Shippers Hike Gulf-bound Box Rates

Jul 05, 2019

A.P. Moller-Maersk have joined other major container shipping companies in increasing prices for sending containers into the Persian Gulf in response to the heightened risk of military conflict in the area.Attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf…

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