Regular content
NEWS
Bunker Markets and Prices
Europe
Americas
Africa and Mideast
Asia Pacific
BUNKERSPOT WORLD MAP
Global prices and news at a glance
EVENTS
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes looks at some of the key issues raised during the 29th International Bunker Conference in Copenhagen in April
Events and training course diary
NETWORKING
Bunker people on the move |
Features
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CREDIT ISSUES
As the effects of the US 'credit crunch' continue to make an impact on global financial and industrial markets, Lesley Bankes-Hughes asks whether the ambitions of barge owners to grow their fleets may be stalled by a change in banks' lending policy and rising construction costs
COMMERCIAL ISSUES
Bunkerspot quizzes Adrian Tolson about the progress of Chemoil's new Fujairah operation
TRAINING ISSUES
Capt Howard Snaith urges the bunker industry to support INTERTANKO's newly-launched Tanker Officer Training Standards
OPERATIONAL ISSUES
Douglas Raitt of Lloyd's FOBAS looks at how Qatar Fuel WOQOD has become the first company outside Singapore to adopt a voluntary Quality Management System for the Bunker Supply Chain
Klaus Vrey of Global-Concept tells Bunkerspot how his company's new tank cleaning system can collect bunker slops without the need for reprocessing
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
David Waterman talks to Lloyd's Register CEO Richard Sadler about the issues surrounding the use of biofuel as a marine fuel
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Tommy Christensen of CBI Engineering reminds the bunker community that emissions control should not focus exclusively on the after-effects of the combustion process
Martek Marine believes that its MariNOx system can play a major role in lowering ships' emissions
Christian Eyde Moeller, chief executive of the DK Group, argues that the maritime industry should seize the opportunity to become the benchmark for success on climate control solutions
BMT outlines its environmentally friendly approach to oil spill detection
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