Insights & Analysis

ANALYSIS: Singapore Quarterly Bunker Sales Drop to Lowest Since Q3 2023

If the Q1 total were replicated over the rest of 2025, Singapore's annual sales would reach 52 million mt, down by 4.5% from 2024's record high.

17 Apr 2025

VPS: A New Legislative Measure for the Decarbonisation of Shipping

Steve Bee and Emilian Buksak of VPS discuss the new IMO 2028 deal.

16 Apr 2025 · Steve Bee – VPS Group Marketing & Strategic Projects Director & Emilian Buksak – VPS Decarbonisation Advisor

INSIGHT: FuelEU Maritime Means Shipowners Cannot Afford to Wait on Alternative Fuels

Maria Angeles Lopez, decarbonisation manager at Peninsula, discusses the options shipping companies have for FuelEU Maritime compliance.

16 Apr 2025 · Maria Angeles Lopez, Decarbonisation Manager, Peninsula

IMO 2028: How Much Is it Going to Cost?

Initial estimates indicate shipping can expect to pay about $76/mt extra in IMO 2028 compliance costs for every tonne of VLSFO consumed in 2028.

15 Apr 2025

VPS: How Fuel System Check Monitoring Will Reduce Risks, Save Time and Money

Steve Bee of VPS discusses how to avoid engine damage from cat fines.

14 Apr 2025

IMO 2028 Deal Sparks Disappointment as Flat Levy Ditched

The shipping industry is busy digesting a complex but relatively unambitious new decarbonisation framework from its global regulator.

14 Apr 2025

INTERVIEW: Monjasa Expects Resilient Profits in 2025 Despite Market Drop

While market uncertainty has increased, Monjasa still expects to see the fourth-highest profits in its history in 2025, CFO Rasmus Knudsen tells Ship & Bunker.

11 Apr 2025

VPS: How Proactive Chemical Screening of Marine Fuel Can Save Thousands of Dollars

Steve Bee of VPS discusses the use of advanced testing methods to avoid fuel quality problems.

10 Apr 2025

VPS: Turning Shipping's Regulatory Demands Into Operational and Commercial Advantages

Steve Bee and Emilian Buksak of VPS discuss how the shipping industry should approach the energy transition.

8 Apr 2025

INTERVIEW: KPI OceanConnect Sees Global Biofuel Bunker Demand Doubling in 2025

The company expects to see 600,000-700,000 mt of global biofuel demand growth in B100 terms in 2025, Jesper Sørensen tells Ship & Bunker.

2 Apr 2025

ANALYSIS: Singapore February Bunker Sales Drop to 21-Month Low

If year-to-date sales were replicated over the rest of 2025, this year's total for Singapore would reach 51.42 million mt, down by 5.6% from 2024's record high.

14 Mar 2025

Market Share of World's Largest Bunker Companies Slipped in 2024

Ship & Bunker's Top Ten Bunker Companies for 2025 report shows the sales volumes of the top firms gained 2.2% to about 119.8 million mt last year.

5 Mar 2025

IE Week: Bunker Industry Seen as 'Rabbit in Headlights' Amid 2025 Uncertainty

Facing a wide array of changes and uncertainties in 2025, the bunker industry appears to be taking a pause for thought at the start of the year.

4 Mar 2025

Methane Slip is Growing Decarbonisation Threat for Shipping: VPS

VPS Decarbonisation Advisor Emilian Buksak discusses the methane slip issue in relation to using LNG as an alternative marine fuel.

26 Feb 2025 · Emilian Buksak, VPS Decarbonisation Advisor

World Kinect Bunker Sales Volumes Drop to Lowest in at Least Ten Years

The firm saw bunker volumes of 16.6 million mt last year, down by 1.5% on the year and the lowest annual total since public data begins in 2015.

24 Feb 2025

INTERVIEW: Hafnia and Cargill to Set Up One of World's Largest Bunker Firms

Seascale Energy will combine of Cargill's bunker unit Pure Marine Fuels and Hafnia's Bunker Alliance, its managers tell Ship & Bunker.

19 Feb 2025

MARKET SURVEY: Q4 Gain Sends 2024 Annual Bunker Hub Demand 4% Higher

2024's total sales at the 17 surveyed locations reached 143,575 million mt, up by 4% on the year and the most since 2019.

19 Feb 2025

INTERVIEW: Eitzen launches Christiania Energy in Denmark

Odense-based Christiania Energy was set up last year to cover the needs of Christiania Shipping, and is now seeking to explore pool partnerships, Managing Director Patrick Jørgensen tells Ship & Bunker.

17 Feb 2025

INTERVIEW: SEA-LNG Sees 'The Game Just Starting' on LNG Bunkering

SEA-LNG still sees the current state of play as an early stage in LNG's development, Chairman Peter Keller tells Ship & Bunker.

7 Feb 2025

FEATURE: Shipping, Bunker Markets Mull Pros and Cons of New U.S. Tariffs

Bunker Holding, Xeneta among those sharing their view with Ship & Bunker.

3 Feb 2025