Wed 19 Jan 2011, 12:56 GMT

Rotterdam Market Report



BARGE MARKET:

No offers // bids

BUNKER MARKET:

Some suppliers fully booked for this week. Still some congestion at loading installations. Crude expecting to increase upon expectations of decline in US stockpiles.

Fuel oil 380 cst rmg 35 - USD 514/516

Fuel oil 380 cst rmg 35 (LS 1,0) - USD 526/528

Marine Gas Oil (LS 86/0,1) - USD 826/830


Samskip SeaShuttle vessel render. Samskip brings SeaShuttle project into European HyShip initiative to develop liquid hydrogen infrastructure  

Two hydrogen-powered container vessels will operate between Rotterdam and Oslo from 2027.

Antwerpen vessel. Korea Register and HD Hyundai team up to advance ammonia-fuel shipping in South Korea  

Two organisations are cooperating on eco-friendliness verification for ammonia dual-fuel vessels.

Fabio Cococcetta, WinGD. Green ammonia could become the first commercially viable zero-emission marine fuel, WinGD study suggests  

Joint report by WinGD and Envision Energy sets out the economic case for green ammonia.

Rasul Shirinov, Oilmar. Oilmar appoints junior marine fuels trader at Dubai trading desk  

UAE-headquartered bunker firm hires Rasul Shirinov, with a background in the agricultural sector.

Antonia Maersk vessel. Maersk bunkers large dual-fuel vessel with 100% ethanol in Barcelona  

Ocean carrier scales up ethanol bunkering in bid to broaden its low-emission fuel strategy.

Olyx logo. Amsterdam-based Olyx seeks renewable marine fuels broker  

Dutch energy brokerage interested in candidates with two to six years of experience in similar roles.

Mount Asahi vessel. CSSC delivers LNG dual-fuel bulker to Eastern Pacific nearly four months early  

210,000-tonne Mount Asahi handed over ahead of contract schedule.

Mount Vision vessel. New Times Shipbuilding delivers three LNG dual-fuel tankers in four days  

Chinese yard hands over one VLCC and two Aframax-size crude tankers within a single week.

Mercedes Pinto vessel TTS LNG bunkering. Baleària ferry completes LNG bunkering at regular berth in Las Palmas for first time  

LNG refuelling of Mercedes Pinto set to take place weekly without changing berth.

Baltic Timber vessel. Baltic Shipping Company takes delivery of wind-assisted hybrid coaster  

3,550-dwt vessel is fitted with Econowind VentoFoils and a battery package.