The Fleet Progresses

By GOFB on Sunday, November 29th, 2015 in Issue 3 - 2015, Shipping No Comments

The fleet capable of carrying vegetable oils continues to grow. At the half-year mark, there were 4,181 ships with IMO Certificates and a total of 93.5 million tons deadweight (dwt). Their uses range from fine chemicals and highly hazardous chemicals through easy chemicals, oleochemicals and edible oils, to fertilisers, acids and refined products such as base oil. All of these are carried in chemical tankers with IMO Certificates.

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Last of an Era

By gofb-adm on Thursday, October 8th, 2015 in Shipping No Comments

The year 2015 is not so old but already two of the major influences in the chemical and vegetable oils shipping business have, sadly, passed away

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