OPIS Blog

January 4, 2023
Shipping

Container Cargo Volumes Reach 20-Month Low

Container cargo volumes nationwide reached a yearly low in November and are expected to fall further as retailers rebalance warehouses...

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November 15, 2022
Bunker fuel, Shipping

U.S. Gulf Coast Offshore Bunker Operations See Healthy Revenue Stream

Despite a pullback in recent years in the number of players working the U.S. Gulf Coast offshore bunker business, the...

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September 23, 2021
Bunker fuel, Carbon, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

Shippers Eye Methanol Fuel as Means to Decarbonize Global Fleet

In 2013, the Vancouver, Canada-based Waterfront Shipping Company introduced seven of the world’s first ocean-going vessels built with Germany’s MAN...

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July 7, 2021
Bunker fuel, Carbon, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

Zero-Carbon Fuels Set to Transform the Future of Shipping

In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that internationally regulates shipping, adopted an...

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May 3, 2021
Bunker fuel, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

Panama Canal Bunkers Sales Slid Amid COVID-19, but Transitway Remains Key

Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been dramatically altered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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January 15, 2021
Bunker fuel, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

COVID-19 Rebound Key to Bunker and Shipping Markets

Mid-December seemed to be giving a peek into the 2021 bunker market, as fuel prices have been rising and Brent...

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June 22, 2020
IMO 2020, Shipping

Expert Sees Winding Path to Standard VLSFO Spec

After years of debate and a period when “IMO 2020” fuel-spec mandates dominated headlines, very low sulfur fuel oil has...

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May 18, 2020
IMO 2020, Shipping

Market Interrupted: Price War & COVID-19 Nudge IMO 2020 to the Back Burner

Years of preparation for new IMO 2020 regulations by shipowners, refiners, traders – and anyone else involved in marine fuels...

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January 6, 2020
IMO 2020, Shipping

IMO 2020 Fuel Regulations: The Impact on Refiners

A lot of energy industry press coverage in 2019 was devoted to something called “IMO 2020.”

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November 4, 2019
IMO 2020, Shipping

IMO 2020 Resources Kit

A potential oil price game-changer will arrive as a belated holiday “gift” to the market this year — IMO 2020.

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July 15, 2019
IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

IMO 2020: Practical Analysis from a Global Shipping Hub

2020 brings radical changes for the global shipping world. We’re talking about IMO 2020.

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January 14, 2019
IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

IMO Compliance Scramble: IHS Markit Study Findings

The oil market is facing a fuel specification change for which neither the refining nor shipping industry appears to be...

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October 29, 2018
IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market

IMO 2020 Regulations and Fuel Price Impact Explained

The global shipping world in 2020 will see a challenge no other petroleum-dependent industry has witnessed to date. The repercussions...

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