Regular content
NEWS
Bunker Overview
Europe
Americas
Asia Pacific
Africa and Mideast
BUNKERSPOT WORLD MAP
Global prices and news at a glance
EVENTS
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes predicts a change in emphasis in bunkering events scheduled to take place over the next few months
Events and training course diary
NETWORKING
Bunker people on the move |
Features
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COMMERCIAL ISSUES
Société Générale’s Cécile Tibi-Rambal, Vice President-Sales, Commodity Markets,
takes a look at how a sound hedging strategy might be used to ride out the current
financial and price turbulence
Michael Wittner, Société Générale’s Global Head of Oil Research, offers a market
outlook in which he considers the factors which may inf luence oil supply/demand
and pricing in the near and longer term
Paul Millar of Lloyd’s MIU speaks exclusively to Bunkerspot about the economic
and trading difficulties currently facing even the major players in the maritime sector
Duncan Jeffcock of Voyager Maritime Payment Systems explains how the current
crisis in the financial markets and the lack of credit availability is affecting the
bunker sector; and he offers a potential solution
REGIONAL FOCUS
Bunkerspot reviews new developments in the Russian bunker market
SPOTLIGHT ON FUEL TESTING
Tim Wilson of Lloyd’s Register and Ultan O’Raghallaigh of NanoNord maintain
that automated onboard analysis is the new frontier for fuel oils and lubricants
Jon Watson of Razaghi International considers the ambiguities that surround fuel
testing in the wake of the implementation of MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI
Geoff Jones of Lintec looks at the growing problem of chemicals being detected in
marine bunker fuels
TECHNICAL ISSUES
Christer Sjödoff looks at how GAC and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological
Institute are working together to develop weather routing solutions that will help
to lower ships’ bunker consumption
Jonathan Morley of Lloyds Register looks at the issue of fuel tank protection
Tommy Christensen of CBI Engineering looks at how companies involved in the bunker
supply chain can maximise their profits through a thorough business reappraisal
OBITUARY
Close friends and colleagues share their memories of Peter Newbery, who played a key
part in the creation and development of the international quality standard for bunker fuels
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