Bunker traders and brokers can add distinct value to LNG bunker provisions. Effective LNG bunker provision turns on having counterparties which are committed to knowing the necessary operations closely, and continually.
Read MoreBunker suppliers, traders, and brokers must now be FONAR: Fully On Notice About Requirements.
With the prohibition on using non-IMO 2020 compliant fuels coming into force on 1 January 2020, Steve Simms of Simms Showers takes a forensic look at FONARS – and finds some of the wording open to interpretation
Read MoreWhat, if any, liability is there for suppliers of blend stock or cutter stock – or for those who deliver faulty blends – to those damaged by non-compliant blends?
Read MorePost-2020, there will be fuel blending to meet the global 0.50% Sulphur content requirements. That brings the issue of fuel quality claims sharply into focus.
Read MoreThe 2018 Terms successfully advance the industry-wide debate that BIMCO's 1995 Fuelcon began. It is essential now to continue the debate, particularly during the short time until 2020.
Read More01 January 2019 is the date by which all bunker suppliers and their customers subject to MARPOL Annex VI must use new bunker delivery notes (BDN). The new BDN raises a number of issues that suppliers and traders would do well to address.
Read MoreOW Bunkers’ and Hanjin Shipping’s bankruptcies continue to be wake-up calls for the bunker industry and wider maritime sector.
Read MoreBunker delivery notes (BDNs, or BDRs – bunker delivery receipts) remain on the of the few parts of a bunkering transaction still done on paper. This is despite the widespread digitization of all other aspects of the bunkering industry.
Read MoreBunker traders and suppliers must be aware that sooner than they expect, they will be targets of enforcement of the 2020 world wide bunker sulfur (sulphur) content requlations.
Read MoreHow can – and must – bunker brokers and suppliers learn now from the OW bunkers collapse, and change their operations to anticipate the next, certain insolvency in the bunkering industry?
Read MoreThe EC is preparing to shift its angle of attack in its ongoing campaign against those who fail to comply with sulphur regulations. As the latest battle lines are drawn up, bunker suppliers are clearly in the line of fire.
Read More