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Global Partners Launches Port of Houston Physical Supply
Global Partners will offer HSFO, VLSFO and LSMGO via two newbuild barges from Blessey Marine Services, a company representative tells Ship & Bunker.
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28OctLukoil's international assets of interest to the bunker industry include Lukoil Bulgaria, a key supplier of marine fuel in the Black Sea. Read in Full
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28OctThe company is looking for candidates with experience as a chief engineer and at least one year of experience as a technical superintendent in ship management operations. Read in Full
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28OctThe new role will include leading the firm's training agenda, coordinating the group's readiness for new fuels and managing and maintaining ISO 9001 and ISCC certification. Read in Full
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28OctGlobal VLSFO prices dropped at the start of the week. Read in Full
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27OctMeanwhile, no major market shakeups are predicted for the near-term. Read in Full
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27OctThe firm's 1,707 TEU boxship the Piya Bhum recently bunkered a B24-VLSFO blend before setting off on a voyage from Laem Chabang to Ho Chi Minh City on October 19. Read in Full
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27OctThe Singapore-flagged boxship Wan Hai A17 collided with the Chinese-flagged bulker Hai Li 5 off Guangzhou at about 8 PM Singapore time on Friday. Read in Full
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27OctJoe Star of VPS discusses lubrication strategies for two-stroke diesel engines. Read in Full
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27OctThe firm's total credit facilities are now worth more than $1 billion. Read in Full
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27OctThe 5,700 DWT tanker Sealion has been added to the Bunker One fleet, doubling the firm's bunkering capacity in Uruguay. Read in Full
Bunker Price Forecast - Q4 2025
Quarterly and full year bunker price forcast for 2025 and 2026. Includes forecasts for global average prices, and at the key ports of Singapore, Rotterdam, Fujairah and Houston.
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Oct 21EU regulations are likely to continue delivering growth to global biofuel demand, Bastien Declercq of CSC Commodities tells Ship & Bunker. -
Oct 21The IMO now needs to engage with industry to find a way through after last week's setback, according to dry bulk shipping group Intercargo. -
Oct 20Bunker Holding's Maria Skipper Schwenn said the firm will continue to support the IMO's NZF. -
Oct 20IBIA had not expected the IMO's NZF to be delayed, and remains supportive of efforts to decarbonise shipping at a global level. -
Oct 1757 delegations voted to delay, 49 countries opposed the motion and 21 abstained.
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Oct 15Dr Richard Burchill of UNUCRIS and R. Tim Eestermans of MacroScope Strategies discuss the potential interaction between EU and IMO decarbonisation regulations. -
Oct 15Matthis Pasche of Glander International Bunkering discusses developments in GHG regulation for the shipping industry. -
Oct 11The US has been a longstanding opponent of the IMO 2028 deal, and has repeatedly threatened reprisals against countries supporting it. -
Oct 01Some ships on intra-EU voyages may end up paying more for GHG emissions compliance than for fuel in 2026.
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Oct 28Lukoil's international assets of interest to the bunker industry include Lukoil Bulgaria, a key supplier of marine fuel in the Black Sea. -
Oct 22The strongest growth is coming from Asia, according to the report, with this region's share of global demand climbing to 47% in the first three quarters of 2025. -
Oct 21EU regulations are likely to continue delivering growth to global biofuel demand, Bastien Declercq of CSC Commodities tells Ship & Bunker.
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Oct 1757 delegations voted to delay, 49 countries opposed the motion and 21 abstained.
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Oct 15Dr Richard Burchill of UNUCRIS and R. Tim Eestermans of MacroScope Strategies discuss the potential interaction between EU and IMO decarbonisation regulations.
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Oct 27Joe Star of VPS discusses lubrication strategies for two-stroke diesel engines. -
Oct 23Raija Koch and Sönke Diesener of NABU set out their view on the role of scrubbers in the shipping industry. -
Oct 17VLSFO sales declined for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q3 2025. -
Oct 16Fuelre4m CEO Rob Mortimer sets out his view on the emergence of LNG as an alternative marine fuel. -
Oct 16Fujairah's HSFO sales jumped to a record high in September, with the grade accounting for 35.9% of the total sales. -
Oct 15Dr Richard Burchill of UNUCRIS and R. Tim Eestermans of MacroScope Strategies discuss the potential interaction between EU and IMO decarbonisation regulations.
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Oct 15Matthis Pasche of Glander International Bunkering discusses developments in GHG regulation for the shipping industry.
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Oct 15Bunker sales in Singapore for September fell to their lowest level in three months. -
Oct 07Pro-scrubber shipping group the Clean Shipping Alliance discusses the the OSPAR commission's recent decision to ban scrubber washwater discharges. -
Oct 01Some ships on intra-EU voyages may end up paying more for GHG emissions compliance than for fuel in 2026.
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Oct 24The countries see work on NZF guidelines as premature before the NZF is adopted.
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Oct 21"There is not a more inclusive word for the procedure than 'bunkering'," says Constantinos Capetanakis, chairman of IBIA. -
Oct 21EU regulations are likely to continue delivering growth to global biofuel demand, Bastien Declercq of CSC Commodities tells Ship & Bunker.
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Oct 21The IMO now needs to engage with industry to find a way through after last week's setback, according to dry bulk shipping group Intercargo.
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Oct 20Bunker Holding's Maria Skipper Schwenn said the firm will continue to support the IMO's NZF.
Latest Bunker Prices See All Bunker Prices
| VLSFO | MGO | IFO380 | ||||
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| $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | $/mt | +/- | |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 453.50 | 2.00 | 710.50 | 4.50 | 405.00 | 2.50 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 499.00 | 0.50 | 773.50 | 7.50 | 444.00 | 2.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 540.50 | 1.50 | 807.00 | 9.00 | 452.00 | 3.50 |
| Singapore | 460.00 | 1.00 | 721.00 | 3.50 | 401.00 | 9.50 |
| Rotterdam | 437.00 | 4.50 | 693.50 | 13.50 | 414.50 | 3.50 |
| Fujairah | 461.00 | 6.50 | 752.50 | 0.00 | 384.00 | 0.00 |
| Houston | 456.50 | 8.00 | 676.00 | 2.00 | 420.00 | 3.00 |
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| Gibraltar | 474.50 | 4.00 | - | 453.50 | 0.50 | |
| Hong Kong | 474.00 | 0.00 | 685.00 | 0.00 | 421.00 | 5.00 |
| Istanbul | 621.50 | 12.00 | 760.00 | 8.50 | 539.50 | 0.50 |
| LA / LB | 526.00 | 5.00 | 792.00 | 2.50 | 443.50 | 9.00 |
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| New York | 486.50 | 23.50 | 730.00 | 3.50 | 429.50 | 11.50 |
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| Piraeus | 549.50 | 1.00 | 737.00 | 14.50 | 452.50 | 0.50 |
| Santos | 478.50 | 1.00 | 825.00 | 6.00 | - | |
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| VLSFO | MGO | |||
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| Global 20 Ports Average | 499.00 | 0.50 | 773.50 | 7.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 453.50 | 2.00 | 710.50 | 4.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 540.50 | 1.50 | 807.00 | 9.00 |
| Singapore | 460.00 | 1.00 | 721.00 | 3.50 |
| Fujairah | 461.00 | 6.50 | 752.50 | 0.00 |
| Rotterdam | 437.00 | 4.50 | 693.50 | 13.50 |
| Houston | 456.50 | 8.00 | 676.00 | 2.00 |
Bunker Jobs
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Oct 28The company is looking for candidates with experience as a chief engineer and at least one year of experience as a technical superintendent in ship management operations. -
Oct 27The company is looking for candidates with experience as a bunker trader and a performance-driven track record. -
Oct 24The company is looking for candidates with one to three years of experience in bunkering, trading or shipping operations and fluent English. -
Oct 23The company is looking for candidates with a strong commercial mindset and positive attitude.
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Oct 22The company is looking for candidates with at least ten years of experience in marine fuels, bunkering or related shipping and energy services.
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Sep 24Oilmar's management is now in the process of taking over ownership of the company, CEO Yusif Mammadov said in a note to clients seen by Ship & Bunker. -
Sep 23Peder Møller will take over as CEO of the world's largest marine fuels firm on October 6, succeeding Keld R. Demant. -
Sep 22The EU's new sanctions plan targets 118 ships and oil buyers in third countries, including China. -
Sep 23The new hire was previously a marine fuels trader for Oilmar in Houston from November 2023 to this month. -
Sep 23In July, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ordered a $1 billion payment over the 2021 X-Press Pearl disaster. -
Sep 24The facility is set to open in 2028 as the first dedicated LNG bunker terminal on the US Gulf Coast. -
Sep 23The company aims to offer retrofit solutions that would let existing ships run on ethanol.