INTERVIEW: Peninsula's Base Case Is Continued Hormuz Disruption, With HSFO Tight Into Asia
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INTERVIEW: Peninsula's Base Case Is Continued Hormuz Disruption, With HSFO Tight Into Asia

Secure future physical supply but do not fix all your price exposure today, Peninsula's Jonas Bentsen tells Ship & Bunker.

9 Nov 2026, 12:37
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Frontier Fuels Charters Bunker Barge for B100 Supply in Germany
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10 Nov 2026
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Energy Petrol Hires Sales Director Following Alkagesta Acquisition
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10 Nov 2026
Bunker Firm Alpha Trading Acquires Seastock in Trieste
Bunker Firm Alpha Trading Acquires Seastock in Trieste
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10 Nov 2026
Former Methanol Institute CEO Joins Methylennium Energy as Board Advisor
Former Methanol Institute CEO Joins Methylennium Energy as Board Advisor
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10 Nov 2026
Sea Leader Starts Physical Bunker Supply in Eastern India
Sea Leader Starts Physical Bunker Supply in Eastern India
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10 Nov 2026
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Key Port Prices
Port / Average VLSFO IFO380 (HSFO) MGO
Global 20 Ports Average $866.00 -4.50 $722.00 -2.50 $1,463.00 -10.00 Nov 9
Global 4 Ports Average $807.00 — $606.00 -10.00 $1,369.50 -2.00 Nov 9
Global Average Bunker $926.00 -4.00 $723.00 -3.50 $1,554.50 +1.00 Nov 9
Americas Average $901.50 -17.50 $690.50 -4.50 $1,621.50 +25.00 Nov 9
APAC Average $974.00 +3.50 $795.50 +3.00 $1,406.50 +1.50 Nov 9
EMEA Average $876.00 -2.00 $661.50 -10.00 $1,655.00 -11.50 Nov 9
Singapore $864.00 +10.00 $738.50 +6.50 $1,248.00 +28.00 Nov 9
Rotterdam $733.00 -6.50 $577.50 -20.50 $1,329.00 -19.50 Nov 9
Houston $750.00 -20.50 $498.00 -14.50 $1,280.00 -31.50 Nov 9
Fujairah $881.00 +16.00 $610.50 -12.00 $1,620.50 +14.00 Nov 9
LA / Long Beach $912.00 -101.00 $791.50 +35.50 $1,456.50 -29.00 Nov 9
Hong Kong $893.00 +12.50 $814.00 -9.50 $1,243.50 -12.00 Nov 9
New York $773.00 -21.50 $568.00 -28.00 $1,415.50 -31.50 Nov 9
Santos $804.00 -37.00 $511.00 — $1,633.50 -5.00 Nov 9
Prices in USD/mt. Change vs previous trading day.
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INTERVIEW: Peninsula's Base Case Is Continued Hormuz Disruption, With HSFO Tight Into Asia
INTERVIEW: Peninsula's Base Case Is Continued Hormuz Disruption, With HSFO Tight Into Asia
Secure future physical supply but do not fix all your price exposure today, Peninsula's Jonas Bentsen tells Ship & Bunker.
9 Nov 2026
INTERVIEW: Rotterdam Retains Biofuel Advantage Despite RED III Market Shift: Burando
INTERVIEW: Rotterdam Retains Biofuel Advantage Despite RED III Market Shift: Burando
Burando's head of decarbonisation strategies Nick de Haan discusses Rotterdam's biofuel market, the impact of RED III and the outlook for sustainable marine fuels.
5 Nov 2026
INTERVIEW: Propeller Eyes More Deals & Tech as Rising Bunker Trading Costs Fuels Market Consolidation
INTERVIEW: Propeller Eyes More Deals & Tech as Rising Bunker Trading Costs Fuels Market Consolidation
Some smaller traders lack the cash for today's prices, and Propeller is ready to plug them in to its trading and back-office engine.
26 Oct 2026
ANALYSIS: Rotterdam Bunker Sales Down 24.9% in First Nine Months as RED III Bites
ANALYSIS: Rotterdam Bunker Sales Down 24.9% in First Nine Months as RED III Bites
Rotterdam's bunker sales recovered slightly in Q3 from the previous quarter, but volumes remained well below year-earlier levels.
23 Oct 2026
VIEWPOINT: Carbon Capture Needs a Business Case, Not Just a Safety Framework
VIEWPOINT: Carbon Capture Needs a Business Case, Not Just a Safety Framework
Safety guidelines alone will not make onboard carbon capture commercially viable, writes EmissionLink's Philippos Ioulianou.
23 Oct 2026 · Philippos Ioulianou, Managing director, EmissionLink
INTERVIEW: FLEX Commodities Expands West Africa Physical Bunker Supply to Lomé with New Barge
INTERVIEW: FLEX Commodities Expands West Africa Physical Bunker Supply to Lomé with New Barge
Trading Director Maaz Ahmed tells Ship & Bunker that the firm plans to deploy more bunker barges in the future.
21 Oct 2026
ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Exceed Last Year's Nine-Month Record
ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Exceed Last Year's Nine-Month Record
HSFO accounted for 41.9% of year-to-date conventional and biofuel bunker sales, up from 38.6% a year earlier.
15 Oct 2026
VIEWPOINT: On the Bottom Line - Efficiency and the New Economics of Shipping's Decarbonisation
VIEWPOINT: On the Bottom Line - Efficiency and the New Economics of Shipping's Decarbonisation
Carbon pricing turns every tonne of fuel saved into money that can pay for the fuel switch, argues Kongsberg Maritime's Oskar Levander.
13 Oct 2026 · Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development at Kongsberg Maritime
Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips
Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips
Ships on order have an implied demand of 64 million mtoe a year.
13 Oct 2026
ANALYSIS: Implied Bunker Demand of Ships Reporting to IMO Flat at 246 Million mt in 2025 as Share of Tonnage Reporting Falls
ANALYSIS: Implied Bunker Demand of Ships Reporting to IMO Flat at 246 Million mt in 2025 as Share of Tonnage Reporting Falls
Reported volumes dipped 1.2%, but with less tonnage reporting, demand from the in-scope fleet held at 246 million mt, with volumes outside the reporting rules on top of that.
12 Oct 2026
US Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel for Six Months After Trump-Putin Call
US Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel for Six Months After Trump-Putin Call
General License 135 authorises the sale, shipping and import of Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, but EU and UK sanctions are unchanged.
9 Oct 2026
VIEWPOINT: Why a Counter-Offer Rarely Keeps a Bunker Trader
VIEWPOINT: Why a Counter-Offer Rarely Keeps a Bunker Trader
A matched package buys a few months, says Vernon Jayanathan; the resentment, the lost trust, and the market quote stay for good.
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