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Container ship MSC ALTAIR broke off her moorings at around 1400 Nov 24 at Prince Rupert Harbor, Canada, and drifted aground, in strong wind. The ship was refloated with assistance of several tugs, and taken back to berth, no damages reported. She left Prince Rupert at around 0000 UTC Nov 25, and as of 0230 UTC Nov 25 was under way, heading obviously, for outer anchorage in Chatham Sound, to wait out bad weather.

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Cook on board of Bangladeshi bulk carrier MEGHNA LIBERTY reportedly killed ship’s Master on Nov 20, in Indian ocean. He gave himself up to crew after telling them he killed Master, in Master’s cabin. Master was found in his cabing in a pool of blood. MEGHNA LIBERTY interrupted voyage from South Africa to Haldia India, and called nearest port, Port Louis, Mauritius, where she arrived on Nov 22. Investigation under way. All or majority of the crew are reportedly, of Filipino nationality.

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General cargo ship AQUILA ran aground on a northeast coast of Myodo island, Yeosu, Korea, at around 2300 Seoul time Nov 24, while approaching Gwangyang Port. The ship went out of control after steering was disabled by generator failure. She was refloated in the morning Nov 25 and taken to inner Gwangyang Port anchorage. No reports on damages, possible hull breaches, etc., though there might be some.

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Reefer container ship AUTUMN STREAM left Radicatel port, Seine, France, on Nov 20, bound for Guadeloupe, but had to interrupt voyage and call Brest, understood under own power at reduced speed, after encountering propulsion problem. Divers found ship’s propeller shaft entangled in hawser. The ship understood to be in need of dry docking, because hawser damages parts of propeller and propulsion system. She’s to offload 178 containers on board. Photo of AUTUMN STREAM at Brest, and information, Ouest-France.

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Container ship BALTIC FULMAR reported containers loss to regional operational center CROSS Corsen, France, Atlantic, at 0730 UTC Nov 25, in Bay of Biscay south of Brest, while en route from Dunkirk to Bilbao, Spain. 7 containers fell overboard, all 7 confirmed to be empty. Container ship continued voyage, area is under aerial surveillance, all ships in the vicinity are warned. Understood rough weather is the main cause of an accident.

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Japanese refiners are dusting off unused supply chains for fuel oil and getting coastal vessels and storage tanks ready after receiving requests from electric utilities to supply more fuel oil this winter amid a global crunch for power generation fuels.

Japan narrowly averted blackouts last winter as liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand and prices soared during a cold snap, and the situation this year may get even tighter as strong use and restocking in Europe and Asia draws down supplies and props up prices near record highs, executives and analysts say.

Highly polluting fuel oil, used mainly to power ships, is being considered as a backstop in case of gas shortages for the first time since the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

The nation’s top two refiners Eneos Holdings 5020.T and Idemitsu Kosan 5019.T are getting higher orders for fuel oil from electric utilities for this winter to ensure adequate power supply during the peak demand season, their executives said.

“We have received orders from several utilities for double the amount of fuel oil that we have shipped in January and February this year,” Idemitsu President Shunichi Kito said.

The move comes after the government warned that electricity supplies this winter may be at their tightest in a decade, and asked energy companies to secure adequate fuels to avoid any potential power crunch.

Recent cold snaps that brought temperatures well below normal in Japan, Korea and northern China have made utilities nervous about weather models turning progressively colder as winter approaches.

But Japan, a former refining powerhouse, has cut outdated fuel-making capacity so severely in recent years that it may now lack the ability to produce as much fuel oil as needed, said Fereidun Fesharaki, chairman of Facts Global Energy (FGE).

“If there is a problem with one of the nuclear plants you can’t switch on to fuel oil like last time to save the Japanese economy,” Fesharaki said, referring to the post-Fukushima scramble for power supplies a decade ago.

Last winter, Japanese LNG users frantically competed with Chinese and South Korean buyers for cargoes in a tight spot market as freezing conditions hit the region, sending Japanese electricity prices to global records.

Japanese utilities also sought extra fuel oil at the time to boost run rates at their oil-fired power stations, but refiners struggled to accommodate the demand surge, Kito said.

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Japan refiners dust off fuel oil supply chains to meet rising utility demand

Singapore residual fuel oil inventories jumped 7% in the week ended Nov. 24, climbing to an 11-week high as net import volumes rose, official data showed on Thursday.

Onshore fuel oil stocks rose by 1.55 million barrels, or about 244,000 tonnes, to 22.9 million barrels, or 3.61 million tonnes, Enterprise Singapore data showed. O/SING1

However, residual fuel stocks were 5% lower than a year earlier and below the 2021 weekly average of 22.7 million barrels.

Weekly net imports, meanwhile, were up 16% from the previous week at a four-week high of 678,000 tonnes, on par with the 2021 weekly average of 679,000 tonnes. Weekly figures, however, are volatile.

The largest net imports were from Algeria at 317,000 tonnes, a record high, followed by Malaysia at 299,000 tonnes, the United Arab Emirates at 158,000 tonnes and Brazil with 103,000 tonnes.

The top net export destinations for Singapore fuel oil were Hong Kong at 134,000 tonnes, followed by China at 57,000 tonnes and Australia at 45,000 tonnes.

Exports to Hong Kong were at a five-month high.

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Singapore Fuel Oil Stocks Jump As Imports Climb