It’s no secret that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been struggling over the past few years. The agency has managed to work itself into a financial hole that has been negatively impacting its operations and frustrating customers. That’s why the USPS introduced its Delivering for America (DFA) plan in March 2021, which is a 10-year imitative set on … Read more
North America Prompt VLSFO and LSMGO availability remains normal in the Houston area. LSMGO can be tight for prompt dates in New Orleans. A supplier has a tight schedule for delivery dates 3-7 days out. Another supplier can commit to that lead time. VLSFO and LSMGO grades are available for prompt delivery dates in New … Read more
Through a new partnership with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading global liner shipping company, Forto has launched a biofuel program for ocean shipping customers who seek to reduce their transport emissions. Customers booking full container load (FCL) sea freight shipments with Forto can now add the use of advanced biofuel to their bookings, effectively reducing 100% of … Read more
Canadian, EU and UK sanctions make delivery of a Siemens SIEGn.DE turbine to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline’s Portovaya compressor station impossible, Russia’s Gazprom GAZP.MM said on Wednesday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had earlier said the Siemens 073 turbine, which has been cited as being at the heart of reduced Russian gas supplies via the … Read more
The first grain ship to depart from Ukraine under a U.N.-brokered deal docked in Turkey on Thursday after 11 days at sea, Refinitiv data showed, and the ship’s agent in Turkey said it would continue to Egypt after unloading part of its cargo. The Razoni set sail from Ukraine’s Odesa port on Aug. 1 under … Read more
Capital Ship Management Corp. took successful delivery recently of the newbuilding vessel M/T ‘Amore Mio’, a 300,000 dwt, eco-type crude oil, scrubber fitted VLCC tanker, built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, South Korea. It is the first of two ammonia and LNG fuel ready sister ships to be delivered in 2022. The vessels are Tier … Read more