Insights & Analysis

LNG Bunker Demand Is Due a Revival in 2023

After a slump in LNG price levels over the past four months, premiums to VLSFO and MGO should now be narrow enough to prompt dual-fuelled ships to resume burning gas.

10 Feb 2023

INTERVIEW: Wilhelmsen's Roger Strevens on Wind-Assisted Propulsion and Decarbonisation

Wallenius Wilhelmsen's sustainability VP Roger Strevens discusses wind power, expectations from the IMO and attitudes to decarbonisation technologies in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

1 Feb 2023

Equatorial Marine Claims Singapore's Top 2022 Supplier Spot

Firms backed by global oil producers and commodity traders generally performed well last year.

16 Jan 2023

Uniper Middle East Sale to Test Bunker Industry's Appetite for Owning Production Assets

Historically the bunker industry has avoided owning production assets, but after last year's record margins some firms may warm to the idea.

9 Jan 2023

FEATURE Bunker Industry Faces Downturn in 2023 After 2022's Record Margins

A drop in bunker demand this year, in particular from the container segment, is set to put a dampener on celebrations over 2022's record margins.

5 Jan 2023

S&B ANALYSIS: IMO Data Shows 3.8% Global Bunker Demand Gain in 2021

Official IMO data for 2021 shows global demand 3.8% over 2020's levels, with strong gains for all shipping segments except tankers.

30 Dec 2022

INTERVIEW: Hedging Firm GRM Sees Shorter-Term Strategies Emerging

Global Risk Management's Martin Vorgod discusses hedging strategies, expectations for 2023 and new opportunities in the decarbonisation era.

20 Dec 2022

INTERVIEW: Time is Now to Consider Role of Direct Air Carbon Capture in Shipping Decarbonization Plans

Carbon neutral traditional bunkers made net-zero via DAC are competitive with green ammonia, green hydrogen, and bio-methanol.

15 Dec 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore November Bunker Sales Jump to 21-Month High

Singapore's total for 2022 is now heading for about 47.7 million mt, down by 4.5% from last year and the lowest annual figure since 2019.

13 Dec 2022

INTERVIEW: BunkerTrace Seeks to Track Majority of Biofuel Bunker Market

The firm is working with several oil majors on tracing biofuel bunker supply, CEO Deanna MacDonald tells Ship & Bunker.

12 Dec 2022

VIEWPOINT: The Myth of Cheap Bunkers

Bunker buyers need to consider other factors beyond finding the cheapest fuel, according to Maaz Ahmed of Oilmar Shipping and Chartering.

28 Nov 2022 · Maaz Ahmed

S&B ANALYSIS: HSFO Surge Sends Singapore Bunker Sales to 11-Month High

October's total was down by less than 0.1% from the same month a year earlier, but up by 7.1% from September's level.

14 Nov 2022

VPS: The Importance of Bunker Fuel Chemical Screening

Steve Bee of global testing firm VPS sets out how bunker fuel screening can be deployed to avoid fuel-quality problems.

3 Nov 2022

INSIGHT: Alt Bunker Fuel Developments at Key Ports

Nicola Contessi, Research Associate, York Centre for Asian Research, reviews notable alternative fuel developments in Houston, Fujairah, Rotterdam, and Singapore.

2 Nov 2022 · Nicola Contessi, Research Associate, York Centre for Asian Research

S&B ANALYSIS: HSFO Surge Sends Rotterdam Q3 Bunker Sales to Six-Year High

The Q3 total was up by 12.3% from the previous quarter, by 6.2% from the same period a year earlier and the highest quarterly total since the first quarter of 2016.

26 Oct 2022

VIEWPOINT: Seeing the Future

Chris Morgan of Delta Energy looks at the changes the bunker industry has seen in the past decade, and reflects on what marine fuel firms of the future might look like.

20 Oct 2022

INTERVIEW: VPS on Quality Issues to Look For When Buying Biofuels

Buyers taking on these less familiar blends should be aware of what they're getting into, Steve Bee of VPS tells Ship & Bunker.

18 Oct 2022

Decommoditisation is Next Big Trend for the Bunker Industry: BLUE Insight

The term describes the process where the cost of the underlying commodity becomes less important in pricing of bunker contracts, Adrian Tolson tells Ship & Bunker.

17 Oct 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore September Bunker Sales Drop to Three-Month Low

Singapore's total for Q3 came to 12.2 million mt, the highest level since Q4 2021.

14 Oct 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: Latest on Brent / VLSFO / HSFO Relationship, Bunker Price Outlook as 2022 Sees Record High Marine Fuel Prices

Bunker prices have favoured owners of scrubber equipped tonnage, with the high/low sulfur spread during the first nine months of 2022 averaging $243.13/mt.

14 Oct 2022