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GIB Promotes Team Leader in Dubai

Mar 10, 2015

Glander International Bunkering promotes Kim Gade to senior bunker and lubricant trader, team leader  Bunker and lubricant trading and brokering firm Glander International Bunkering (GIB) has promoted Kim Gade to senior bunker and lubricant trader and team leader for the company’s Dubai office…

Dan-Bunkering Employs New Sales Manager

Mar 09, 2015

Dan-Bunkering (America) has announced that Michael Brunø-Sørensen has been employed as Sales Manager with immediate effect.Brunø-Sørensen who was most recently employed by OW Bunkers and comes with some 20 years of experience from the business…

Wärtsilä, CME Offer ‘Scrubber Finance’

Mar 06, 2015

Funding concept promotes installation of scrubber systems by offering financing to shipowners, with returns taken from fuel price spread In a move intended to help ease the financial burden on shipowners seeking to install scrubber systems to meet sulphur emissions legislation…

Gulf of Mexico Sees First LNG-powered OSV

Mar 05, 2015

A special Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) has been delivered to Shell for its deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel, Harvey Energy, is chartered from Harvey Gulf International Marine and is the first of its kind in the region to run on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and diesel…

Dan-Bunkering Hires Project Manager

Mar 04, 2015

Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. has employed Jason Tan as project manager effective from February 2015.Tan  who holds a Master in Business Administration will assist the Singapore office with strategic planning and sales optimization…

KPI Bridge Oil Promotes Groves

Mar 03, 2015

KPI Bridge Oil has promoted Sam Groves to senior bunker and lubricants trader at its London office. Groves, who is currently working toward his Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers qualification, has been with KPI Bridge Oil Group for six years…

Tensions Flare at Refinery Picket Lines

Mar 03, 2015

Personal friendships are turning sour as some workers cross picket lines in the lingering U.S. refinery strike, with companies pushing laborers to return to work by saying they could lose their bonuses.A month into the biggest U.S. refinery walkout in 35 years…

Dan-Bunkering Appoints Bunker Purchaser

Mar 02, 2015

Dan-Bunkering (Middle East) DMCC has announced that Anders Boennelykke has been appointed bunker purchaser with immediate effect. “We are seeing a positive growth in demand and we are confident that this new initiative will bring further…

Maersk Publishes Sustainability Report

Feb 25, 2015

Having launched a new sustainability strategy last year, the Maersk Group has published its 2014 sustainability report, covering aspects of the group’s 2014 sustainability performance including human rights, anticorruption, responsible procurement…

Driving Operational Change with Data-driven Analytics

Feb 25, 2015

By Henrik LanoReducing costs and improving performance Real-time reporting and data analysis are key tools to understanding and improving complex operating environments of today’s companies where the overall effects of any individual…

Chief Engineer Sentenced for Pollution Violations

Feb 25, 2015

Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Noly Torato Vidad of the Philippines, the Chief Engineer of the cargo vessel M/V Selene Leader, to eight months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for obstruction of…

Union Chief: U.S. Refinery Strike Could Spread

Feb 25, 2015

The largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years could spread if talks over improved safety conditions do not resume soon, United Steelworkers union (USW) International President Leo Gerard said on Tuesday.A total of 6,550 USW members are on strike at 15 plants…

KPI Bridge Oil Promotes Sørensen

Feb 24, 2015

KPI Bridge Oil has promoted Jesper Sørensen to Sales Manager at its Singapore office.Sørensen has been with the company for 10 years, working at the group’s London and Singapore offices as senior bunker trader and team leader. Sørensen has…

Sulphur Enforcement Event to be Held in Brussels

Feb 24, 2015

Trident Alliance has invited representatives from national and European authorities and NGO’s to discuss how effective enforcement of sulphur regulations can be achieved on the high seas. The event will take place on March 3 during the European Shipping Week in Brussels…

Glander International Bunkering Hires Barlow

Feb 24, 2015

Glander International Bunkering has appointed Benedict Barlow as bunker and lubricant trader for the Geneva office.  Barlow began his career in offshore ship brokering and then specialized in the field of bunkering, bringing to his new position awareness of the North Sea…

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