Insights & Analysis

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore April Bunker Sales Gain 13.4% on Year

Singapore's bunker volumes reached a three-month high in April, while bunker calls advanced to a two-year high.

15 May 2023

Singapore Sees Bunker Viscosity Increase Since Start of Ukraine War

The changes may be as a result of shifting global fuel oil tradeflows after the outbreak of war.

9 May 2023

INSIGHT: EU Emissions Trading to Revolutionise Bunker Industry

Global marine fuels firm Glander International Bunkering sets out its view on the impact of the European Union adding shipping to its emissions trading system.

3 May 2023 · Glander International Bunkering

INTERVIEW: Waterfront Shipping Shares Insights on Methanol Bunkering

Ship & Bunker talks to Waterfront Shipping President, Paul Hexter, whose firm has been loading methanol as a marine fuel since 2016.

1 May 2023

VIEWPOINT: CII is Here – But Misperceptions Persist

Dylan Keil, CEO of maritime software firm Bearing, sets out his firm's answers to some of the questions commonly asked about the CII regulation.

26 Apr 2023 · Dylan Keil, CEO of Bearing

INTERVIEW: CEO Søren Toft Sets Out MSC's View on Future Fuels

MSC CEO Soren Toft tells Ship & Bunker how the world's largest shipping firm is assessing the potential of each of the alternative fuels on offer.

25 Apr 2023

INTERVIEW: Core Power Sees Marine Nuclear Power at $500/mt in Fuel Oil Terms

Core Power's Mikal Bøe discusses the costs, advantages and political struggles of nuclear-powered shipping in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

12 Apr 2023

FEATURE: Industry Reminded on Need for Effective Bunkering Regs Before MFMs Can be Introduced

Discussion over which ports and regions would benefit from MFMs continues.

10 Apr 2023

FEATURE: Servicing the Maritime Industry Towards Net Zero

GAC Bunker Fuels, under new Global Director Martyn McMahon, sets out its attitude to shipping's energy transition.

4 Apr 2023 · GAC Bunker Fuels

INTERVIEW: The Marine Fuels Alliance Marks First Year Anniversary

Ship & Bunker recently sat down with MFA Executive Officer, Anthony Mollet, to discuss the journey so far and what lies ahead.

31 Mar 2023

S&B MARKET SURVEY: Weaker Q4 Prompts 2.1% Global Bunker Hub Demand Drop in 2022

"it is not hard to see the bunker market at peak or close to peak demand – most certainly from a traditional fossil fuel point of view," says 2050 Marine Energy's Adrian Tolson.

30 Mar 2023

GRAPH: Rotterdam LNG Bunker Price Premium to VLSFO Falls 95% in 7 Months

LNG in Rotterdam has been at a discount to LSMGO for three of the past four weeks, the first such period of sustained discount since June 2021.

28 Mar 2023

INTERVIEW: Wärtsilä Sees Container Downturn Driving New Wave of Scrubber Investments

Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment's Kashif Javaid sets out his firm's assessment of the state of the scrubber industry in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

22 Mar 2023

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore February Bunker Sales Drop to Eight-Month Low

The city-state's total demand reached 3.79 million mt in February, up by 8.3% from the same month a year earlier but down by 13.3% from January's level.

14 Mar 2023

FEATURE: Credit Managers Turn Wary Eye to Container-Market Failures

Credit managers in the bunker industry tell Ship & Bunker more caution is now needed when approaching new container-segment customers.

13 Mar 2023

S&B ANALYSIS: World's Biggest Bunker Companies Grew Market Share in 2022

The firms are all listed in Ship & Bunker's Top Ten Bunker Companies report that this week has been updated for 2023.

10 Mar 2023

INTERVIEW: Newly Formed Bunker Company Baseblue Sets Out Aims for the New Brand

Three of Baseblue's senior managers discuss the new marine fuels brand's strategy, how it differentiates itself and their views on the bunker market in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

8 Mar 2023

FEATURE: Bunker Industry Shows Cautious Optimism at IE Week Gatherings

Bunker industry sources speaking to Ship & Bunker at IE Week events in London last week were generally sanguine about the risks being faced this year.

7 Mar 2023

Bunker Prices Shrug Off War Effect One Year After Ukraine Invasion

The lower bunker prices one year on from the invasion of Ukraine raise the question of how much Russian oil supply has really been phased out of the marine fuels market.

24 Feb 2023

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Jump to Two-Year High

Last month's sales total was the highest since January 2021, up by 8.6% from the same month a year earlier and by 3.8% from December's level.

13 Feb 2023