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Big Emissions Bills Are Coming for Ships Sailing in Europe

The maritime industry will join the European Union's Emissions Trading System in January, meaning big ships will start paying for carbon emissions.

September 18, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Diesel Issues Could Worsen Due to Lack of Crude From OPEC+

The diesel market is pricing in a crisis, one that soon could get even worse because of a lack of the type of crude that’s good for making the fuel.

September 13, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Diesel Crisis Likely to Stay Unfixed by Oil Refining Revival

A wave of new oil refining capacity that’s coming on stream won’t be enough to solve a global shortage of diesel, jet fuel and similar petroleum products.

June 15, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Soaring Diesel, Gas Prices Bleed Into Shipping

The shipping industry is starting to feel the full force of surging diesel and gasoline costs.

February 22, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

The Diesel Market Looks at Risk of Price Spikes

A slump in global diesel stockpiles has left the market vulnerable to price spikes.

January 27, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Maersk Invests $1.4 Billion in Methanol-Powered Ships

A.P. Moller-Maersk has ordered eight new vessels, each costing $175 million, that can be propelled by cleanly made methanol instead of an oil-based fuel.

August 24, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Shipping Watchdog Urged to Speed Up Pace on Emission Curbs

Trafigura Group said the shipping industry’s regulator needs to act with “lightning speed” to cut carbon emissions from an industry that spews more C02 into the atmosphere each year than France and the U.K. combined.

June 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogistics

Nations Set to Discuss Reducing Global Shipping CO2 Emissions

John Kerry wants to accelerate the decarbonization of the global shipping industry, which spews more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year than France and the U.K. combined.

June 9, 2021
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Shipping’s Big Bang Sends Two Global Industries Spinning

Starting Jan. 1, the vast majority of the world’s ships were forced to change the fuel they use. Some big winners — and potential losers — are starting to emerge from what was a historic switch for the world’s oil refining and maritime industries.

January 14, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Fuel-Trading Routes Revamped as 2020 Dynamics Take Hold

Shippers have fewer than three weeks until new rules kick in forcing them to burn cleaner fuels, but the regulations are already redefining key trade routes in the global oil-product markets.

December 12, 2019