Following Transport and Logistics News' recent report on the TWU's concerns about road tankers (Defuse mobile bombs [dangerous tanker trucks]: TWU), our expert reader Nelson Mansfield has offered the following counter argument. Nelson ...
Tags: Trucking Industry
Spain exported more LNG than it imported for the first time ever in the week ending Sunday as 430,400 cubic meters was reloaded onto tankers, data from gas grid operator Enagas showed Monday. Three tankers were reloaded during the week, ...
Tags: LNG Exporter, LNG
A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
Spanish LNG throughput in the week that ended Sunday fell 27.7% from the corresponding week of last year, according to data released Monday by gas grid operator Enagas. LNG throughput from Spain's six import terminals totaled 1.39 TWh ...
Tags: LNG Throughput, LNG
Russian gas giant Gazprom has sent the first cargo with crude produced at the Prirazlomnoye offshore field -- the country's only Arctic offshore hydrocarbon project -- to the international market, the company said Friday. "ARCO, or Arctic ...
Tags: Gazprom, crude, Arctic Oil
According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in March this year decreased by 4.55 percent on tonnage basis compared to February, amounting to 47 ships, unchanged from ...
Tags: Japanese shipbuilders, ship export
UK NBP wholesale gas prices eased Thursday morning while retaining some risk premium relating to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. At 11:00 London time, the within-day contract was valued at 51.20 pence/therm, down by 0.25 p/th, and ...
Tags: gas network, LNG tankers, LNG
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
Tags: LNG, Bunker Fuel Supply
Spanish LNG throughput dropped 26.2% year on year in the week ending March 9 weighed by a drop to zero at the Sagunto terminal, data published Monday by Spanish gas grid operator Enagas showed. Combined throughput from Spain's six LNG ...
Tags: LNG throughput, national gas
Mediterranean ultra low sulfur diesel cargoes are trading $10.25/mt above the Northwest European cargoes, the widest spread between the two regions since January 17 on tight prompt supply in the Med. The Med cargo cash premium to the ...
Tags: Diesel Cargoes, low sulfur diesel
The net volume of gas imported into the UK outstripped domestic production in 2013 for the first time ever, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Thursday. "Imports of gas again exceeded UK production, and in 2013 for the first ...
Tags: Gas Imports, Domestic Output
A new report released by NRMA Motoring & Services has shown Australia’s reliance on imported transport fuel has risen from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013, putting immense pressure on Australia’s liquid fuel security ...
Tags: imported transport fuel, medicine supplies, electric vehicles
In 2013, the total value of China's external trade for ships amounted to $31.046 billion, down 24.2 percent year on year, according to the Chinese customs authorities. The total value of China's ship exports in the given year amounted to ...
Tags: Ship Export, Mineral
According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in January this year decreased by 26.02 percent on tonnage basis compared to December, amounting to 26 ships compared to 44 ...
Tags: Ship Export, Mineral
MHI concludes collaborative agreement in engineering with OMT,an European ship designer--target on expansion of licensing business Thursday,Feb 06,2014 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Ltd.(MHI)has concluded an agreement with Odense Maritime ...
Tags: MHI, Heavy Industries, Engineering