TFG Marine has announced that it has relaunched marine fuel supply operations off Trinidad and Tobago. The company, which was last operating off the coast of the dual-island Caribbean nation in summer 2024, is providing deliveries of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and low sulphur marine gasoil (LSMGO) from its Valley Oak vessel, effective yesterday (1 December). In a statement sent to ship.energy today, a spokesperson for TFG Marine said the relaunch of its Trinidad and Tobago bunkering ops was ‘a response to evolving client needs in the region.’  For bunker enquiries, please contact [email protected] Image: TFG Marine LinkedIn

In a move which it said will strengthen its position in offering testing and inspection services for the oil, gas, petrochemical, and biofuels industries, Intertek Caleb Brett has opened a new laboratory in Naples, Italy. In a statement issued on Friday (28 November), Intertek Caleb Brett said that the new facility will ‘perform a full range of tests for crude oil, petroleum distillates, biofuels, and vegetable oils’. Its capabilities include full-grid testing for gasoil, ISO 8217 specifications for bunker fuels, EN 14214 for biofuels, gasoline analyses, key parameters for vegetable oils and bacteria testing on hydrocarbons. The equipment available at […]

Van-Oil Group has announced that its logistics arm Petrotankers S.A.C. has become the first Peruvian shipping company to obtain a favourable opinion from the country’s energy regulator OSINERGMIN and a Safety Risk Study approval for its 10,000 deadweight tonne (dwt) oil tanker barge Antonia. Speaking to ship.energy today (1 December), a source at the company said that the approval from OSINERGMIN ‘reaffirmed Van-Oil’s commitment to safety, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence’. The Antonia is used for carrying crude oil cargoes, but Petrotankers also provides barging for Van-Oil’s bunkering activities in Peru  – which the company source said were currently ‘very […]