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March, 2025
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Mon10Mar	UK Sees First Ammonia Bunkering at Southampton The Fortescue Green Pioneer took on about 1 mt of ammonia at Southampton last week, a company representative tells Ship & Bunker.
Mon10Mar	BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops for Fifth Session Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index of prices across 20 leading bunkering ports lost $3.50/mt to its lowest level since September 2021 on Friday.
Sat08Mar	Oil Incurs Sharp Weekly Loss On Trump-Driven Volatility However, data suggests Canada's oil industry isn't buying his tariff threats.
Fri07Mar	BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Drops for Fourth Day Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index lost $3.50/mt to $555.50/mt on Thursday, reaching its lowest level since September 2021.
Fri07Mar	LR Sees Rising LNG Retrofit Demand but Warns of Shipyard Capacity Shortage More shipowners are turning towards LNG retrofit solutions amid concerns of availability of other alternatives marine fuels.
Thu06Mar	Singapore Moves Towards B30 as Default Biofuel Blend New rules from the MPA may shift Singapore's market to taking B30 as its most popular biofuel blend, local sources tell Ship & Bunker.
Thu06Mar	Almost 50 Boxships of Hapag-Lloyd Run on Biofuel Blends and Bio-LNG Out of the 300 container ships in its fleet, up to 50 of them are already using biofuel blends and bio-LNG.
Thu06Mar	John T Essberger Exercises Contract Option for Two More Methanol-Ready Tankers This takes the order tally of John T Essberger for chemical tankers to four.
Thu06Mar	BUNKER PRICES: G20-VLSFO Index Nears Four-Year Low Ship & Bunker's G20-VLSFO Index lost $6/mt to its lowest level since June 2021 on Wednesday.
Thu06Mar	Trump Tariffs, U.S. Stock Build Contribute To Another Plunge In Oil Prices But one analyst says bearish sentiment is way out of line with fundamentals reality.

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06Mar

1Stone Oil Sues Sunoco Over Alleged Data Theft

Stone Oil alleges former COO stole trade secrets from the supplier to pass to his new employers, Sunoco Marine.
05Mar

2Market Share of World's Largest Bunker Companies Slipped in 2024

Ship & Bunker's Top Ten Bunker Companies for 2025 report shows the sales volumes of the top firms gained 2.2% to about 119.8 million mt last year.
11Mar

3Verde Marine Energy Launches VLSFO Physical Supply in ARA

It will begin supplying VLSFO in the ARA region using the bunker barge MTS Malia starting March 15 in Rotterdam.
10Mar

4Tanker and Container Ship on Fire After North Sea Allision

The US-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate and the Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong are reported to have allided at 9:48 UK time on Monday morning.
11Mar

5SEKAVIN and GCL Strengthen Bunker Fuel Supply Partnership

Both companies will collaborate on bunker fuel procurement, logistics efficiency and alternative fuel sourcing.
11Mar

6Oil Down Again On Trump Tariff Chaos, But Concerns Also Waning

The prospect of Trump-inspired all-out drilling in the U.S. was also debunked.
10Mar

7UK Sees First Ammonia Bunkering at Southampton

The Fortescue Green Pioneer took on about 1 mt of ammonia at Southampton last week, a company representative tells Ship & Bunker.
11Mar

8Vopak Completes First ISCC-Certified UAE Biofuel Bunker Operation

The storage operator facilitated the supply of B24-VLSFO to a ship at the Vopak Horizon Fujairah oil storage terminal.
07Mar

9Mediterranean Bunker Market in Wait-and-Watch Mode as ECA Nears

Several market sources have told Ship & Bunker that they are not yet making any major changes to their supply chains ahead of the tighter sulfur emission rules.
10Mar

10Bad Weather Disrupts Bunkering at Gibraltar

Sources tell Ship & Bunker that strong wind gusts and heavy swells have disrupted bunkering in Gibraltar.

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