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Vessel Scrapping Reports
Jan 16
Weekly Vessel Scrapping Report 2025: Week 2
Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from January 9 – January 15, 2025.
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Jan 09Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from January 2 2025 – January 8, 2025. -
Jan 02Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from December 26 2024 – January 1, 2025.
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Dec 19Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from December 12 – December 18, 2024.
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Dec 12Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from December 5 – December 11, 2024.
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Dec 05Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from November 28 – December 4, 2024.
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Nov 28Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from November 21 – November 27, 2024.
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Nov 21Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from November 14 – November 20, 2024.
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Nov 14Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from November 7 – November 13, 2024.
Tricks of the Bunker Trade
Jul 18
Tricks of the Bunker Trade: The Buy Back
This malpractice could be instigated by the corrupt crew of a vessel or even the barge who may take its chances and ask the Captain, "have you got any spare fuel onboard?"
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![Mass Flow Meter Malpractice? This is What We've Seen in Singapore and What You Can Do to Protect Yourself [Pictures]](https://shipandbunker.cdn.speedyrails.net/a/img/_st_85ace81b23f5e55b00d28921005d54f2.v.631.jpg)
May 02Petro Inspect surveyors have seen barge setups where it would be possible to syphon bunkers back into the bunker barge after they have passed through the mass flow meter. -
Apr 05It's a known issue with most ore cargoes; the key issue is whether the solid bulk cargo that is to be loaded is liable to liquefaction.
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Jan 13Petro Inspect discusses the importance of sludge discharge / disposal surveys - are the ship owners being paid fairly? -
Jul 07Does that even happen? Unfortunately, the answer is "yes."
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May 27Disputes arising over bunker quantity "after" delivery calls for shipboard personnel, and a surveyor present who is experienced in dealing with disputes.
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![Tricks of the Bunker Trade: Singapore Cappuccino Bunker Incident Report [Pictures]](https://shipandbunker.cdn.speedyrails.net/a/img/_st_5d12171be954cec1a3ab1bd4cc9cf18b.v.631.jpg)
Nov 17Had this malpractice not been detected the client would have had a monetary loss of at least $36,000.
Insight & Analysis
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Jan 16The company has sourced a finished B30-VLSFO blend from Europe and is ready to supply as much as 5,000-7,000 mt/month of it in Panama, Monjasa's Jonas Bruslund tells Ship & Bunker. -
Jan 15Singapore's conventional and biofuel total for 2024 reached 54.48 million mt, up by 5.3% on the year and the highest on record. -
Jan 14Glander International Bunkering discusses how the shipping industry is approaching compliance with the FuelEU Maritime regulation. -
Jan 09Baseblue CCO Gregoris Gregoriou discusses readiness for FuelEU Maritime and how the firm's Fuelink platform can help in an interview with Ship & Bunker. -
Jan 08Svitzer COO Kasper Karlsen sets out the company's plans for biofuels and battery power in an interview with Ship & Bunker. -
Jan 06Regulations, sanctions and geopolitics, credit concerns and digitalisation will bring headaches to the bunker industry in 2025, with the largest firms best able to cope with them. -
Jan 02EU-ETS compliance is adding 27.5% to VLSFO consumption costs on intra-EU voyages at the start of 2025, up from 15.7% at the end of last year. -
Jan 01But the final cost of EU ETS compliance for individual companies in 2024 may not be known until the end of September 2025. -
Dec 232024's total is heading for a 3.4% gain from 2023 and the highest level since 2019, according to the latest market survey from Ship & Bunker and 2050 Marine Energy.