By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) – Marine fuel sales at the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah, third largest bunkering hub in the world, fell to a four-month low in…
https://gcaptain.com/fujairah-bunker-fuel-sales-fall-to-four-month-low-in-june/
It’s not just the price diesel, gasoline and jet fuel that’s way up. The price of the marine fuel consumed by the world’s container ships, tankers and bulkers is breaking records.
The price of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) — the 0.5% sulfur content fuel that powers most commercial ships — just exceeded the price spike that occurred soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
According to data from Ship & Bunker, the average VLSFO price at the world’s top 20 bunker (marine fuel) ports was $1,042...
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Port congestion in China is prompting more vessels to refuel at the country’s ports as the worsening Covid-19 outbreak forces the reconfiguration of shipping routes. China…
https://gcaptain.com/chinas-bunker-sales-show-how-congestion-is-reshaping-demand-for-ship-fuel/
by Muyu Xu (Reuters) China’s exports of marine fuel in March plunged 15% from a year ago, customs data showed on Wednesday, owing to high prices and anti-COVID restrictions at…
About 200 vessels have been supplied with contaminated bunker fuel in the latest environmental misconduct in the Port of Singapore. The post 200 ships bunkered with contaminated fuel in the Port of…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/200-ships-bunkered-with-contaminated-fuel-in-the-port-of-singapore/
Singapore’s port authority has revealed that contaminated bunker fuel supplied by Glencore was sold to some 200 ships last month. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has released…
https://gcaptain.com/singapore-reveals-scope-bunker-fuel-contamination/
By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE, April 4 (Reuters) – The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, which oversees the world’s biggest marine refuelling hub, said it is investigating the suspected contamination of bunker…
https://gcaptain.com/singapore-investigating-alleged-bunker-fuel-contamination/
By Jonathan Saul April 1 (Reuters) – Marine fuel sellers have stopped serving vessels flying the Russian flag at major European hubs including Spain and Malta in another blow to Moscow’s exports,…
https://gcaptain.com/marine-fuel-suppliers-stop-serving-russian-ships-in-the-med-sources/
SINGAPORE, April 1 (Reuters) – A major bunker fuel contamination has affected at least 14 shipping vessels that received high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) from Singapore, fuel and oil testing firm Veritas Petroleum Services…
https://gcaptain.com/bad-bunkers-ships-suffer-blackouts-linked-to-singapore-fuel-suppliers/
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Low-sulphur bunker prices increased another $100 per ton yesterday and, having soared by a third since the end of February to about $1,000 per ton, are…
https://gcaptain.com/soaring-bunker-prices-container-shipping/