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MABUX ARA LNG Bunker Index
Port LNG$/mton MGO LS$/mton Date
ARA
1 665.00
+102.00
1 450.00
+18.00
Oct 19
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Port	LNG$/mton	MGO LS$/mton	Date
ARA	1 665.00	+102.00	1 450.00	+18.00	Oct 19

MABUX Global Bunker Index

380HSFO$/mton		VLS FO$/mton		MGO LS$/mton		Date
755.39	+9.50	890.27	+10.59	1 556.79	+8.38	Oct 23

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All Indexes in $/mton	380HSFO			VLS FO			MGO LS			Date
All Indexes in $/mton	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	Date
Rotterdam	680	772	-92	767	876	-109	1 450	1 602	-152	Oct 23
Singapore	882	826	+56	952	1 011	-59	1 342	1 595	-253	Oct 23
Fujairah	745	767	-22	972	957	+15	1 750	1 658	+92	Oct 23
Houston	612	717	-105	810	856	-46	1 422	1 562	-140	Oct 23

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Latest News
- 2026-10-23
  Oil prices touch $115 for first time since May amid Mideast supply jitters
  Oil prices advanced on Friday, with benchmark Brent crude futures hitting $115 a barrel for the first time since May, as heightened tensions in the Middle East kept markets on edge over worsening supply conditions. Get more oil market insights by subscribing... Read more Oil prices advanced on Friday, with benchmark Brent crude futures hitting $115 a barrel for the first time since May, as heightened tensions in the Middle East kept markets on edge over worsening supply conditions. Get more oil market insights by subscribing to InvestingPro
  
  Benchmark Brent crude futures gained 2.5% to $115.99 a barrel, putting the contract on pace for a one-week gain of more than 5%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures, meanwhile, added 3.0% to $102.46 a barrel, but were on track for a weekly climb of over 1%.
  
  "The rally is being driven less by current fundamentals than by mounting supply concerns. Markets are increasingly worried about renewed escalation in the Persian Gulf, a scenario that could threaten oil flows that have so far remained remarkably resilient," analysts at ING said in a note.
  
  What is the market pricing for renewed Gulf supply disruption?
  News reports this week have suggested that the U.S. and Israel are considering plans to launch fresh attacks on Iran following the American midterm elections in November. Tehran has vowed to retaliate against any new strikes, potentially by bombarding economic and civilian targets, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  
  Meanwhile, Houthi militants in Yemen have continued to attack sites in Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, state-oil group Saudi Aramco ordered the evacuation of its headquarters in Dhahran near Bahrain.
  
  Traders have been worried that renewed violence in the Middle East may threaten a recent rebound in oil flows out of the major oil-producing region. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal cited shipping data showing that more oil is coming out of the Gulf than before the U.S. and Israel began a joint assault on Iran in late February.
  
  How resilient are Gulf oil flows versus pre-conflict levels?
  
  Elsewhere, an oil pipeline valve in Libya linking the Hamada and Tahara oilfields to the Zawiya port has been shut down, decreasing output at both sites, Reuters reported, citing the head of the National Oil Corporation. Source: Investing.com
- 2026-10-23
  Rotterdam’s bio-bunker sales drop 38% from last quarter
  Changes between the second quarter and the third quarter of 2026: Bio-VLSFO sales down by 81,000 mt to 63,000 mt Bio-HSFO sales down by 17,000 mt to 13,000 mt Total bio-MGO sales down by 2,000 mt to 41,000 mt Bio-ULSFO sales broadly unchanged at... Read more Changes between the second quarter and the third quarter of 2026:
  
  Bio-VLSFO sales down by 81,000 mt to 63,000 mt
  Bio-HSFO sales down by 17,000 mt to 13,000 mt
  Total bio-MGO sales down by 2,000 mt to 41,000 mt
  Bio-ULSFO sales broadly unchanged at 22,000 mt
  Bio-methanol sales up by 1,300 mt to 4,200 mt
  LBM sales up by 7,200 mt to 11,000 mt
  No bio-ethanol sales recorded in Q3
  Bunker suppliers in Rotterdam sold 154,000 mt of bio-bunker fuel in the third quarter of 2026, down 38% from the second quarter, according to data from Port of Rotterdam. This was the steepest quarterly fall since the third quarter of 2024. The port authority said bio-blended volumes were lower after a very high second quarter.
  
  Bio-bunker fuels accounted for 8% of Rotterdam’s total bunker sales in the third quarter, down from 13% in the second quarter.
  
  Rotterdam’s bio-bunker sales rose 7% year-on-year to 514,000 mt in the first nine months of 2026, from 482,000 mt in the same period last year.
  
  Bio-VLSFO leads decline
  
  Bio-VLSFO remained the most popular biofuel blend, but its sales fell 56% from the previous quarter to 63,000 mt. Its share of total biofuel sales dropped to 41%, from 59% in the second quarter.
  
  Bio-HSFO sales fell 58% from the previous quarter to 13,000 mt, and its share of total biofuel sales dropped to 8%, from 12%.
  
  Bio-ULSFO sales were broadly unchanged at 22,000 mt, accounting for 14% of total biofuel volumes. That share has increased from 9% in the second quarter.
  
  B100 likely props up bio-MGO
  
  Bio-MGO sales held up far better than the wider biofuel market. The sales slipped just 4% from the previous quarter to 41,000 mt, while total biofuel sales fell 38%.
  
  Year-on-year, bio-MGO sales rose 67% from 25,000 mt in the third quarter of 2025, while total biofuel sales fell 23%. Across the first nine months of 2026, bio-MGO sales climbed 36% to 104,000 mt, well ahead of the 7% rise in total biofuel sales.
  
  Bio-MGO’s share of total biofuel sales rose to 27% in the third quarter, from 17% in the second quarter and 12% a year earlier.
  
  The port authority said it does not report B100 separately, and that the fuel is most probably included in bio-MGO.
  
  ENGINE data showed last month that the number of B100 samples recorded in Rotterdam more than doubled in the first eight months of 2026 from a year earlier, lifting B100’s share of the port’s biofuel samples to 23%, from 12%.
  
  Growing B100 demand may help explain why bio-MGO sales held steady while other biofuel blends fell sharply.
  
  LBM bunkering picks up in 2026
  
  Liquefied biomethane (LBM) bunker sales more than tripled from the previous quarter to 11,000 mt in the third quarter, their highest since the port began reporting biofuel volumes in 2021. This, compared with just 400 mt a year earlier.
  
  Across the first nine months, LBM sales rose to 21,000 mt, from 2,600 mt in the same period last year.
  
  LBM made up around 6% of all LNG and LBM sales put together in the first nine months of the year, compared to less than 1% in the same period last year.
  
  Bio-methanol continues to grow
  
  Bio-methanol sales rose for a third straight quarter, climbing 46% from the previous quarter to 4,200 mt.
  
  This was the highest quarterly volume since the first quarter of 2025, and up 76% from 2,400 mt a year earlier.
  
  Nine-month sales were down 32% year-on-year at 8,000 mt, as volumes were higher in the first half of 2025.
  
  No bio-ethanol bunkering was recorded in the third quarter, after 1,000 mt was supplied in the second quarter. Source: ENGIИE
- 2026-10-23
  The Week in Alt Fuels: The methanol bunker footprint
  Methanol bunkering has spread across Europe, Asia and parts of North America, with more ports, physical suppliers and bunker vessels coming into the picture. Several methanol bunker locations have been established in Europe. TankMatch and UniBarge... Read more Methanol bunkering has spread across Europe, Asia and parts of North America, with more ports, physical suppliers and bunker vessels coming into the picture.
  
  Several methanol bunker locations have been established in Europe. TankMatch and UniBarge are among the physical suppliers supporting deliveries in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region.
  
  Methanol bunker operations have been reported at Gothenburg, Hamburg and Immingham. Bremerhaven and Kiel have demonstrated varying levels of readiness through early operations and trials.
  
  Some suppliers like Repsol and Mureloil are ready to offer physical methanol deliveries at Spanish ports, including Bilbao, Mugardos and Barcelona.
  
  A particularly broad network of ports has developed across Asia, with methanol bunker operations becoming more common.
  
  Several ports across China have hosted methanol bunkering, including Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Dalian and Shenzhen.
  
  Suppliers including CIMC Enric, SIPG Energy and China Marine Bunker offer ship-to-ship deliveries across Chinese ports. Activity has also extended to Hong Kong, where Sinopec and Chimbusco Pan Nation have supplied bio-methanol.
  
  Elsewhere in Asia, methanol bunkering has been conducted at Busan and Ulsan in South Korea, and Japanese ports including Yokohama and Kinoe.
  
  The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued five-year methanol bunker licences to PetroChina, Golden Island and Global Energy Trading that have been effective since January. But the MPA reported no methanol bunker sales in September, extending the streak to seven consecutive months.
  
  The Port of Houston in the US hosted a ship-to-ship methanol bunker operation in March, with 2,000 mt of methanol delivered to Tangier Maersk.
  
  This was preceded by a barge-to-ship operation in April 2023, when the tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous, owned by the Proman Stena Bulk joint venture, took a total of 2,600 mt of methanol from a Kirby barge.
  
  The vessels behind the deliveries
  
  The number of bunker barges and chemical tankers capable of carrying methanol and offering ship-to-ship bunkering at these ports has also grown steadily over the years.
  
  Golden Centaurus, Golden Antares, Golden Sirius, Anna Cosulich and Vanda Pioneer are among the vessels capable of carrying out methanol bunker deliveries in Singapore.
  
  China's supply network includes Daqing 268, Zhongran Green Energy 85and Jia Chen 17, serving different parts of the country's coastal bunker market.
  
  European operations have involved Evidence and Chicago around the ARA region, Odyssee in northwestern Europe, Bahía Candela in Spain and Nore around Gothenburg and Skaw.
  
  Japan's Eika Maru has supported methanol bunkering at Yokohama. In the US, the barge Kirby 29067 has delivered methanol to Tangier Maersk.
  
  Many of these vessels also supply biofuels or conventional bunkers, so being able to deliver methanol does not mean they are always available to do so.
  
  The next wave of ports
  
  Many other ports are preparing for future methanol demand.
  
  VO Chidambaranar, Mumbai and Kandla in India, Seattle, Tacoma, Long Beach and South Louisiana in the US, and Auckland in New Zealand are among the ports exploring or developing methanol bunker capabilities over the next couple of years, although their levels of progress vary considerably.
  
  Port authorities in Dhofar in Oman, and Algeciras and Valencia in Spain, have also discussed developing methanol bunker capabilities, but have yet to announce timelines.
  
  The overall geographical spread shows that methanol bunkering is moving towards a broader network of potential supply locations.
  
  The next challenge is turning that geographical reach into dependable availability, so that ships can obtain methanol not simply where it has been bunkered before, but where and when they actually need it.
  
  In other alt fuels news this week, the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) has delivered 82,000 mtCO2-equivalent (mtCO2e) in emissions reductions in 2025 and 2026 under its first low-emission shipping tender with Hapag-Lloyd, which concluded this month.
  
  South Korean shipping firm HMM has ordered eight 13,000 TEU LNG-capable container ships from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Hyundai Samho for delivery from 2029. The vessels will be deployed on its Far East-India-Mediterranean service, HMM said.
  
  Danish operator Maersk Tankers plans to retrofit up to 10 very large ammonia carriers (VLACs) with ammonia dual-fuel engines, but said the final decision will “depend on securing commercial commitments from customers”. Source: ENGIИE
- 2026-10-23
  MI and Green Marine team up to support adoption of methanol as marine fuel
  MI – The Global Methanol Alliance (MI) and Green Marine have signed a collaboration agreement that will see them work across three areas to advance methanol as a marine fuel. In a statement issued today (22 October), MI highlighted that as more methanol-capable... Read more
- 2026-10-23
  ‘Conventional oil bunkering demand now entering structural decline’ – Wood Mackenzie
  Conventional oil bunkering demand is now entering structural decline, with LNG set to displace more than 400,000 barrels per day of oil bunker demand by 2030, according to Matthew Wheatley, Director of Research, Trading Data and Analytics – Maritime,... Read more
- 2026-10-23
  SWITCH Maritime lands DBA from US Coast Guard for hydrogen fuel cell-electric ferry
  Zero-emission vessels developer SWITCH Maritime has announced it has secured a Design Basis Agreement (DBA) with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for a 150-passenger hydrogen fuel cell-electric ferry set to start operations in New York. Designed... Read more
- 2026-10-23
  Ileana Sandi joins Osprey Energy marine team
  Netherlands-based Osprey Energy has announced that Ileana Sandi has joined its marine team. In a notice posted on LinkedIn today (22 October), Osprey Energy said: ‘With experience in bunker brokerage, logistics and operations across several markets,... Read more
- 2026-10-23
  Oil little changed as supply concern lingers amid Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
  Oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Friday, after rising 4% to a five-month high in the previous session due to concern of further energy supply disruption after Houthi attacks on top exporter Saudi Arabia. Brent crude futures was... Read more Oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Friday, after rising 4% to a five-month high in the previous session due to concern of further energy supply disruption after Houthi attacks on top exporter Saudi Arabia.
  
  Brent crude futures was down 21 cents, or 0.2%, at $112.96 a barrel as of 0030 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was down 27 cents, or 0.3%, at $98.12.
  
  On a weekly basis, WTI was on track to end two weeks of gain to finish lower. Brent, which settled at its highest since May 4 on Thursday, is set to close higher for the third successive week.
  
  How have Brent and WTI performed over the past month?
  Saudi Aramco on Thursday ordered the evacuation of its headquarters in Dhahran on the Gulf near Bahrain, Reuters reported, as fighting intensified between the world’s largest crude exporter and Yemen-based Houthis.
  
  Clashes between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government have raged since the Iran-aligned Houthis pushed towards Bab el-Mandeb, a shipping chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea.
  
  In Libya, an oil pipeline valve from the Hamada and Tahara oilfields to Zawiya port has been shut, leading to a reduction in production at both fields, the head of the National Oil Corporation told Reuters on Thursday.
  
  How significant is Libya’s production reduction for global supply?
  Separately, Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to resume US-mediated talks with Ukraine next month, after President Vladimir Putin hosted US envoy Steve Witkoff for talks in St Petersburg.
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped negotiations, which would be the first since February, will take place early in November.
  
  Russia was the world’s third-biggest crude oil producer behind the US and Saudi Arabia in 2025, US energy data showed. Sanctions aimed at keeping Russian energy out of global markets after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have pushed up oil prices. Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-10-23
  EU’s Arctic Strategy Excludes Oil and Gas
  The European Union will shun crude oil and natural gas produced from fields in the Arctic, recommending that these “stay in the ground” under its new Arctic strategy released this week. The reiteration of the EU’s stance on Arctic hydrocarbons comes amid... Read more The European Union will shun crude oil and natural gas produced from fields in the Arctic, recommending that these “stay in the ground” under its new Arctic strategy released this week. The reiteration of the EU’s stance on Arctic hydrocarbons comes amid a severe fuel crisis and soaring gas prices ahead of winter peak demand season.
  
  The update on the Arctic strategy of the bloc that has quite limited geographical exposure to the Arctic comes five years after the last one, as the Arctic draws increasing attention, notably from the U.S. administration, with President Trump notoriously demanding that Denmark sell Greenland to the U.S. For the EU, the focus is on security, with the strategy detailing plans for a Maritime Security Hub for the monitoring and repair of subsea cables in the area.
  
  Energy security, however, does not seem to be a priority for the EU leadership, at least not if it involves sourcing oil and gas from fields in the Arctic. “Our position on Arctic oil, gas and coal has not changed,” one senior EU official told media, as quoted by EUobserver. “It’s fairly simple. We will not drill in the Arctic, and we will not buy hydrocarbons from the Arctic.”
  
  To be fair, EU countries do not really have territories rich in oil and gas. In fact, the only countries that have a small Arctic footprint are Sweden and Finland, whose northernmost parts are in the Arctic Circle. Denmark could be seen as having the greatest Arctic presence with Greenland, but since the island is an autonomous entity, which makes that presence formal rather than practical.
  
  This leaves Norway as the Western European country with the largest Arctic presence—and Norway has made it quite plain it will develop its Arctic oil and gas resources. Indeed, the country’s energy minister earlier this year said that “In today’s geopolitical and security environment, and given the resource situation, I believe continued activity in the Barents Sea serves both Norwegian and European interests.”
  
  Further, Terje Aasland said at the time that “We would develop these areas, and then it will be up to the EU whether they should have a moratorium on buying that gas or oil.” Now, the EU has stated its decision on the matter, which means Norway would be free to sell its Arctic oil and gas to global buyers while the EU would be busy making sure that the gas it buys from Norway did not come from any of its fields in the Barents Sea.
  
  There was, however, a small breakthrough in the new strategy: the word “moratorium” with regard to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic was removed from the document. “We welcome the fact that there is no longer any talk of a moratorium on oil and gas from Arctic regions,” Norway’s Aasland said, as quoted by Bloomberg, adding “production in our northern regions will become increasingly important in the years ahead.”
  
  Meanwhile, the EU plans to take on Russia in the Arctic—Russia being the country with the biggest Arctic territory and the longest Arctic coastline. With so much of Russia actually in the Arctic, it is little surprise the country has been busy there for about two decades, building infrastructure—including military infrastructure—but also transport and energy. The Northern Sea Route has become a very convenient alternative to other routes between Europe and China, and Russia is already exporting goods to its neighbor through it.
  
  Some would argue the EU’s push to have a say in the Arctic where, again, it has very little actual geographical presence, is too little, too late. Clearly, the new strategy is related to the rearmament drive prompted by EU foreign policy, but without a secure energy supply, that rearmament would be problematic—solar tanks are still quite far in the future. Yet it appears that the EU is adamant about its opposition to Arctic oil and gas – while it keeps importing oil and gas from other regions. Source: Oilprice.com
- 2026-10-23
  MABUX: Global bunker market expected to extend gains on Oct. 23 amid persistent Middle East tensions and supply disruption risks
  The MABUX World Bunker Index — a composite benchmark reflecting daily prices for 380 HSFO, VLSFO, and MGO – recorded mixed movements on Oct. 22 for the second consecutive session: 380 HSFO: USD/MT: 745.89 (-0.51) VLSFO: USD/MT: 879.68 (-0.34) MGO:... Read more The MABUX World Bunker Index — a composite benchmark reflecting daily prices for 380 HSFO, VLSFO, and MGO – recorded mixed movements on Oct. 22 for the second consecutive session:
  
  380 HSFO: USD/MT: 745.89 (-0.51)
  VLSFO: USD/MT: 879.68 (-0.34)
  MGO: USD/MT: 1 548.41 (+2.67)
  
  As of Oct. 22, the MABUX Market Differential Index (MDI), which measures the spread between Market Bunker Prices (MBP) and the MABUX Digital Bunker Benchmark (DBP), registered the following trends across the four major global bunkering hubs—Rotterdam, Singapore, Fujairah, and Houston:
  
  • HSFO segment: Singapore remained the only overvalued hub, with its MDI premium widening by $3. The other three ports continued to be undervalued. MDI discounts narrowed by $9 in Rotterdam, $4 in Fujairah, and $12 in Houston, with the latter falling below the $100 threshold.
  
  • VLSFO segment: Fujairah remained the only overvalued hub, with its MDI premium widening by another $2. The other three ports continued to be undervalued. MDI discounts narrowed by $7 in Rotterdam, $1 in Singapore, and $11 in Houston.
  
  • MGO LS segment: Fujairah remained the only overvalued hub, with its MDI premium widening by $38. The other three ports continued to be undervalued. MDI discounts narrowed by $20 in Rotterdam, $39 in Singapore, and $52 in Houston. Discounts in Rotterdam and Singapore remained above the $100 threshold, while Houston's discount fell below this level.
  
  MABUX expects the global bunker market to maintain its upward momentum on Oct. 23, supported by persistent tensions in the Middle East and ongoing risks of supply disruptions:
  380 HSFO: plus 5-12 USD/MT, VLSFO: plus 5-15 USD/MT, MGO LS: plus 5–15 USD/MT.
  Source: MABUX

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