Insights & Analysis

INTERVIEW: Sing Fuels Eyes Further Acquisitions After Buying Greek Brokerage

Sing Fuels CEO Vikash Dhanuka discusses his firm's growth plans after its latest acquisition in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

7 Jun 2022

Multiple Asian Ports at VLSFO Record High on Supply Crunch

Asia-Pacific bunker market sources tell Ship & Bunker there is significant uncertainty over how long the current shortages will last.

31 May 2022

Peninsula: Low Viscosity VS Lubricity in Fuel Quality Analysis

Jeroen de Vos, head of quality at Peninsula, discusses the difference between low viscosity and lubricity in marine fuels.

27 May 2022 · Jeroen de Vos, Peninsula

S&B ANALYSIS: Supply Crunch Sends Singapore VLSFO Premium to Rotterdam to Record High

Singapore's bunker supplies are tightening just as demand looks set to improve following the re-opening of Shanghai.

27 May 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: Assessing the Impact of the Russia Crisis on Bunker Markets

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is having some surprising impacts on inter-product and inter-port price spreads as well as demand.

19 May 2022

WHITEPAPER: Bio-Bunkers the Immediate Solution to the Energy Transition

Bunker blending specialists Eliseo Curcio & Michele Miceli discuss biofuel-VLSFO blend properties.

19 May 2022

INTERVIEW: Bunker Holding CEO Sets New Five-Year Strategy

Bunker Holding CEO Keld Demant discusses his firm's new strategy in an interview with Ship & Bunker after seeing the second-best results in the firm's history in 2021/22.

18 May 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Slip Further in April

The total was dragged down on a monthly basis by HSFO sales after the contamination reported in Singapore in February and March.

13 May 2022

S&B ANALYSIS: WFS Q1 Bunker Margins Surge to Most Since IMO 2020 Transition

The company reported net profit of $23.1 million from its marine division in the first quarter, up by 292% from the previous quarter and by 261% from Q1 2021.

29 Apr 2022

The Value & Importance of Low-Cost, Pre-Burn, Rapid GCMS Screening of Marine Fuels

The greatest challenge in detecting chemical contamination is the many thousands of organic compounds that exist which may contaminate marine fuel.

28 Apr 2022

INTERVIEW: BLUE's Adrian Tolson Calls for Major Rethink After Large Bunker Quantity Shortfalls Revealed

BLUE Insight's Adrian Tolson tells Ship & Bunker self-regulation will be needed in the years ahead as the marine fuel supply chain faces more scrutiny.

26 Apr 2022

Singapore Bad Bunkers: What Does 'Meets ISO 8217 Specification' Actually Mean?

"There will now be suits coming out of the Singapore situation," lawyer Steve Simms tells Ship & Bunker.

26 Apr 2022

Singapore: Quarterly Bunker Sales, Calls For Bunkers at Multi-Year Lows

But March sales improve sequentially, up 7.7% over the 3.5 million mt sold last month.

13 Apr 2022

INTERVIEW: Wärtsilä Sees Scrubbers as 'Dominant' Emissions Solution for Newbuildings

Wärtsilä's Sigurd Jenssen tells Ship & Bunker the firm is seeing growing demand for scrubbers both for newbuildings and retrofits this year.

13 Apr 2022

INTERVIEW: Monjasa Sees 'Uncertainties Like Never Before' for Bunker Industry in 2022

Monjasa's Svend Mølholt discusses his firm's 2021 results and the outlook for the bunker industry in an interview with Ship & Bunker.

7 Apr 2022

INTERVIEW: Singapore Marine Fuel Stakeholders Ready to Embrace Change

Ship & Bunker talks to the MPA's Chief Sustainability Officer, Er. Tham Wai Wah.

6 Apr 2022

Russia Crisis Sees Singapore Rival Rotterdam's Cheapest Bunker Hub Status

The shunning of Russian oil is overturning the traditional way global fuel oil trade flows function, BLUE's Adrian Tolson tells Ship & Bunker.

4 Apr 2022

MARITEC: Organic Chloride Compound Detected in Singapore Bunkers

Maritec Pte Ltd has tested several samples representing HSFO deliveries from 04 -13 Mar 2022 in Singapore, detecting Chlorinated Organic Compound by GCMS test method.

17 Mar 2022 · Maritec

VIEWPOINT: The Sanctions Policy Question

Chris Morgan, global head of credit at Delta Energy, discusses the current challenges shaping compliance and credit policy.

16 Mar 2022

FEATURE: Can LNG replace Russian gas in Europe?

European LNG imports reached a record high in January 2022 and could go a little higher if Russian pipeline gas supply falls, or even stops completely.

11 Mar 2022 · Ed Cox, Head of Global LNG at ICIS