Termoil Rehires Bjarke Staal From BMS as General Manager
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday May 28, 2021 Bunker supplier Bjarke Staal as its general manager. Staal will be in charge of all of the firm s day-to-day business, the company said in an emailed statement on Thursday. Staal was previously director of claims, legal and training for
BMS United, and before that had worked as bunker manager for Termoil from
2009 to I am extremely excited to rejoin Termoil, Staal said in the statement. The company has 17 years of experience, great performance, a good reputation and is in a perfect position; big enough to matter but with lots of space and opportunity to grow.
KPI OceanConnect Sees Global Bunker Demand Gain 3-5% This Year
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday May 28, 2021 Marine fuel supplier KPI OceanConnect expects to see a healthy rise in the global bunker market this year, but not back to the level seen before the COVID-19 crisis. The firm expects to see demand 3-5% higher overall this year than in
2020, CEO Bunker volumes at the world s leading hubs sank by
6.3% on average from Demand has not seen a stellar recovery on a yearly basis so far this year
Singapore s first-quarter sales were 0.8% higher than a year earlier, Rotterdam s slipped by
Intertek to Launch State of the Art Testing Lab at Hambantota
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday May 26, 2021 Fuel testing firm
Hambantota as
Hambantota International Port and
Intertek Lanka will work together to establish the facility, the port authority said in a statement on its website on Monday. The two organisations held a virtual signing ceremony this week for a 10-year partnership. Petroleum testing is an important activity in port related services such as testing marine products, bunkering and bunker related inspections,
Priyantha De Silva, country managing director of Intertek Lanka, said in the statement. Intertek helps to ensure that products meet quality, health, environmental safety and social accountability standards for virtually any market around the world, with our extensive global accreditations, recognitions and agreements.
BP Brings VLSFO to Port of Auckland
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Wednesday May 26, 2021 Marine fuel supplier Port of Auckland, has signed a deal with energy producer
BP to supply VLSFO and MGO at the New Zealand port. Seafuels will use the bunker barge
Awanuia to deliver VLSFO and MGO produced by BP at Auckland, the port authority said in a statement on its website on Monday. This agreement will help ensure New Zealand is able to meet its international obligations under Annex VI of the MARPOL convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, by providing international and domestic vessels calling New Zealand with MARPOL compliant fuels, the authority said.