Volume 1 Issue 29
SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
July 4, 2018A lethargy is beginning to creep onto the markets worldwide. The U.S. and some Asian routes are especially quiet. In Europe, the short-sea market continues to progress, but deep-sea is fading.-by Adrian Brown
U.S. Fast Lube Population Edges Down
July 4, 2018The 50 largest fast lube chains in the United States operated 2 percent fewer facilities than last year, according to National Oil & Lube News 2018 Tops in the Industry Rankings, released on Monday.
Base Oil Imports Jump in Brazil
July 4, 2018Base oil imports to Brazil have increased sharply in 2018, jumping 38 percent in the first five months of the year compared to the same period of 2017, according to a speaker at an industry conference in Rio de Janeiro last month.
GF-6 Timeline Yet to be Settled
July 4, 2018Now that all of its engine tests have been accepted, the countdown has begun for first licensing of the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil category. It remains to be settled, though, just how long the clock will tick.
From Other Editions of Lube Report
July 4, 2018Briefly Noted
July 4, 2018Ametek Brookfield appointed Vicki Case global marketing director. The Middleborough, Massachusetts-based company provides measurement and control instrumentation such as viscometers, rheometers, texture analyzers and powder flow testers. Pilot Chemical Co. Vice President of Research and Development Rick Shook is retiring from his position at the Cincinnati, Ohio-based company after nearly 40 years, and will remain on in a consultant capacity.