Tag: oil

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into a failure of a top cover bolt of a cargo manifold blind flange valve, resulting in an oil spill on deck, during cargo operations in the port of Genoa, Italy 21 August 2023.

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into a fatality on board the Maltese registered oil tanker SEAPRINCESS in TK Tuzla Shipyard, Türkiye on 14 August 2023.

In an effort to enforce strict environmental standards, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has outlined detailed guidelines for the installation and testing of oil filtering equipment, specifically oily water separators, on ships.

According to Reuters, Singapore, is set to receive its first low-sulphur straight-run fuel oil (LSSR) shipment from Nigeria's new Dangote refinery this week, according to ship-tracking data and market sources.

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning ten individuals, entities, and vessels across multiple jurisdictions for engaging in the illicit transport of oil and other commodities, including for Houthi financial facilitator Sa’id al-Jamal.

Several oil tankers that had entered the waters near southern Greece for transferring Russian petroleum were compelled to leave once again following the re-issuance of a notice by the local navy about scheduled exercises in the region, Bloomberg highlights.

According to Reuters, India's ship certification agency has stopped providing safety certifications to Russian oil tankers that are under U.S. sanctions, opting instead to use a domestic provider, according to information on its website.

According to Shipowner's P&I Club, the International Group of P&I Clubs has issued a circular advised to conclude all carriage of Venezuelan oil cargoes by 31 May 2024.

The Greek navy has extended an advisory restricting ship traffic off the southeastern Peloponnese coast, aimed at deterring ship-to-ship transfers of Russian oil.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Chief Shipping Analyst, Niels Rasmussen, examines how sanctions on Russian oil exports and attacks on shipping in the Red Sea area have caused major shifts in tanker trades.