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• Storage companies seen pivotal for mitigating energy transition risk
  Jan 26
  **Storage firms have skills base to handle hydrogen **Storage an attractive prospect to investors **ESG attracting a range of interested players
• TFG Marine to commence bunkering operations at Falmouth from January
  Jan 21
  **Company to start bunkering operations at Falmouth anchorage in Jan **TFG Marine to commence operations with two barges first **Plans underway to expand bunker fleet over time
• Singapore Marine Fuel crack at 10-month high on strong N Asia LSFO demand
  Jan 19
  Rally in the Asian marine fuel 0.5%S to be short-lived after cold snap retreats.
• European VLSFO crack hits 10-month high on tight supply
  Jan 12
  **0.5%S marine fuel crack up $1 in past week **Weak supply supporting prices: sources
• Demand for LSFO set to rise in Fujairah after Qatar embargo lifted: traders
  Jan 6
  **Qatar LSFO demand seen returning to emirate **Demand moved to Singapore during embargo
• FEATURE: Container shippers hoping for rate relief in Q1 2021 may have to wait
  Dec 29
  Shippers hoping for a break from escalating container rates in the new year may need to endure several more weeks of challenging market conditions before an increase in box supply in Asia balances with demand for available capacity.
• NWE gasoline exports to WAF fall in November: Kpler
  Nov 26
  **First decline in gasoline flows for 7 months **Flurry of floating storage fixtures
• ANALYSIS: NWE gasoline arbitrage to US weakens after Thanksgiving freight rate rise
  Nov 24
  **US demand falling seasonally and on COVID-19 **NWE gasoline crack near negative territory
• European fuel oil inventories fell in Sept. amid tight supply: IEA
  Nov 12
  **Fuel oil supply hinges on other products **Marine demand remains steady
• Singapore's MPA launches proposal for additional LNG bunker supplier licenses
  Oct 28
  "MPA seeks to announce the successful award of new LNG bunker supplier licence(s), if any, by February 2021," it added.
• Tight supply drives Zhoushan marine fuel 0.5%S premium to 6-month high
  Oct 26
  "Everyone don't have oil anymore, and barges are full," a Zhoushan-based supplier said.
• Narrow east-west spread to keep Nov LSFO arbitrage to Singapore low: traders
  Oct 21
  Singapore is expected to receive 1.5 million-2 million mt of low sulfur fuel oil from the West in November,traders said.
• Asian gasoil crack overtakes gasoline after 4-week flip as supply balance tilts
  Oct 13
  Second consecutive session to see gasoil swap crack higher than gasoline swap crack.
• HSFO bunker barge availability tight in Singapore after typhoons delay vessels
  Oct 8
  The availability of bunkering barges is limited in Singapore amid vessel delays following two recent typhoons in Japan and South Korea, market sources said Oct. 8.
• Singapore to issue additional LNG bunker supplier licenses as demand grows
  Oct 6
  Singapore will have an LNG bunker supply capacity of up to 1 million mt per annum from 2021, Chee said.
• Fujairah oil product stocks slip to near six-month low
  Sep 24
  "Two suppliers left the Fujairah bunker market, which has reduced the competition," Mali said.
• NWE gasoil, ULSD cracks at multi-year lows point to refinery run cuts
  Sep 17
  Northwest European cracking margins for 0.1% gasoil and ultra low sulfur diesel have hit long-term lows, which has led to expectations that refineries across Europe will start cutting runs, sources said.
• Q2 container volumes fall 13% on year; recovery likely in Q3: CMA CGM
  Sep 8
  Going ahead, the third quarter results should mark a new improvement, the carrier said.
• Heavy distillates stockpiles tumble most in 2020 at Fujairah
  Sep 2
  Fujairah oil product stockpiles dropped to a two-week low on Aug. 31, with heavy distillates such as marine bunkers tumbling 14% week on week, the biggest decline since December 2019.
• Japanese companies advance plans for world's first marine based carbon capture system
  Aug 31
  Project being conducted with support from the Maritime Bureau of Japan's MLIT.
• ONE offers new service connecting ports of Far East Russia with Busan
  Aug 27
  The first sailing on the route is expected to take place from Busan on Sept. 14.
• European diesel barge and paper markets hit 2-month low
  Aug 21
  European diesel markets have slipped lower, with traders reporting that demand has stalled at the same time that new arrivals are weighing on the market.
• Singapore Sept ex-wharf marine fuel term indications increase as oversupply eases
  Aug 19
  Some traders said they were also asking for September-loading MF 0.5%-S term price indications to be based on benchmark FOB Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5% cargo assessment.
• INTERVIEW: VLSFO's shorter shelf life causing storage concerns: Veritas Petroleum
  Aug 13
  "On average, the shelf life is around three months for 0.5%S very low sulfur fuel oils," Bee said.
• Low sulfur bunker fuel gap widens at Rotterdam
  Aug 5
  The pricing gap between 0.1%S marine gasoil and 0.5%S marine fuel -- both IMO 2020-compliant fuels -- has widened again at Rotterdam after the start of IMO's sulfur cap rule earlier this year saw the two come almost within touching distance of each other.
• Asia residue fuel market - Key market indicators this week
  Aug 3
  Strong sales in the Singapore low sulfur bunker fuel market seen in the week ended July 30 are likely to continue into first-half August, according to bunker suppliers, as margins inch higher on the back of tightening supply in August.
• Singapore 10/500 ppm gasoil spread hits 3-year low as ULSD supply tightness eases
  Jul 28
  "I'm not seeing firm fundamentals for 500 ppm sulfur gasoil in the region, to be honest," a Singapore-based gasoil trader said.
• OIL FUTURES: Crude rises on coronavirus vaccine hopes
  Jul 23
  The US government announced a contract with Pfizer and a German biotechnology company to supply 100 million doses of a vaccine by December.
• HSFO availability in Rotterdam wavers, May Russian fuel oil output down
  Jun 25
  There were just five 3.5%S FOB Rotterdam barge offers in the June 22 Platts Market on Close process.
• Fujairah product stocks rebound to record led by marine, power fuels
  Jun 4
  "Demand for storage is still there, but the contango has been reduced so it's not as attractive as it was a month ago," a source in Fujairah said.
• Singapore viscosity spread above $10 mt for second day as fall in demand outpaces drop in supply
  May 27
  180 CST HSFO demand from the power sector is holding those prices relatively steady, a trader said.
• INTERVIEW: Euronav upbeat on oil demand, prospects post-storage boom
  May 22
  "We continue to grow the company, consolidation has a long way to go in our sector," Stoop said.
• TANKERS: USGC VLCC freight at 9-month low as weak demand, natural positions take hold
  May 15
  Freight for VLCCs loading on the US Gulf Coast dropped 9% Thursday to bring rates to their lowest levels since August 2019.
• Hong Kong marine fuel premiums rebound as demand moves away from Singapore
  May 6
  Shipowners opt to take bunker fuel from the port given its attractive valuations instead of the bunkering hub of Singapore.
• Singapore's fuel oil imports from the Middle East unlikely to rise in May on high freight rates, inventories
  May 4
  Currently, the volume of fuel oil in floating storage around Singapore stands around 4 million-4.2 million mt, traders said.
• ARA fuel oil stocks jump 18% on week to 1.604 mil mt: Insights Global
  May 1
  Stocks of fuel oil in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub jumped 18 % to 1.604 million mt in the seven days to Wednesday.
• OIL FUTURES: Crude rally extends as market eyes producer cuts, economic restarts
  Apr 30
  Crude prices settled sharply higher for a second session Thursday as stepped-up producer cuts underscored improved demand outlooks.