Insights & Analysis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A matched package buys a few months, says Vernon Jayanathan; the resentment, the lost trust, and the market quote stay for good.

9 Oct 2026

INTERVIEW: Arrest, Mediate, or Litigate? SeaSolveX on How to Handle a Bunker Dispute in Today's Market

Secure the claim first, then settle at the earliest commercially sensible moment.

2 Oct 2026

VIEWPOINT: Shipping is Buying Alternative-Fuel Ships Faster Than it is Building the Workforce to Run Them

Simulators that do not match the plant and instructors who cannot explain it are producing engineers with certificates but not competence, writes Danica's Henrik Jensen.

1 Oct 2026 · Henrik Jensen, CEO of Danica Crewing Specialists

IMO Favours Limited Split in Methanol and Ethanol Bunker Safety Rules Despite Push for More

Draft safety guidelines would distinguish the two fuels for the first time, but keep them under one regime, with approval not due until June 2027.

29 Sep 2026

ANALYSIS: $14/mt Separates the Best and Worst Singapore Bunker Suppliers on the Cost of Doing Business, Fuelsure Data Shows

Fuelsure data shared with Ship & Bunker puts a number on what happens after the deal is fixed, port by port and supplier by supplier.

28 Sep 2026

Seafarer Welfare: Industry Can Back the IMO but Governments Need to Act, Says IBIA's Hughes

A five-year review finds welfare gains have not reached most crews, attacks at sea go on, and insurers are now being asked to check on both.

25 Sep 2026

VIEWPOINT: Should You Worry About Your Bunkering Agreements? Maybe You Should

Two maritime lawyers on the contract terms that bite when fuel prices double: uncapped late-payment interest and quality-claim deadlines shorter than the tests.

24 Sep 2026 · Jaison Kallikkanathu John and Danish Shadab

Interview: Ofiniti is Growing Fast, and Expects a Fifth of the World's Bunker Fuel to Run Through Its Platform in 2027

Ship & Bunker talks growth, data, and why transparency pays with CEO Tue Raguse and chair Torben Carlsen.

21 Sep 2026

Interview: XFuel Says Waste-Derived MGO Can Reduce Emissions Without a Green Premium

The economics rest on buying MARPOL sludge at fuel oil value and selling the product as distillate.

17 Sep 2026

VIEWPOINT: Building Resilience Through Smarter Bunkering and Fuel Efficiency in an Increasingly Unpredictable World

Quadrise CEO Peter Borup makes the case for MSAR as a solution that can improve efficiency using existing vessels.

16 Sep 2026 · Peter Borup, CEO, Quadrise

VIEWPOINT: Is Hiring a Trader From a Failed Bunker Company a Smart Choice or a Liability?

Company failures put experienced traders on the market, but the hiring firm's diligence, culture, and onboarding decide whether the bargain becomes a burden.

16 Sep 2026