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MABUX ARA LNG Bunker Index
Port LNG$/mton MGO LS$/mton Date
ARA
1 027.00
+162.00
1 490.00
+25.00
Apr 6
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Port	LNG$/mton	MGO LS$/mton	Date
ARA	1 027.00	+162.00	1 490.00	+25.00	Apr 6

MABUX Global Bunker Index

380HSFO$/mton		VLS FO$/mton		MGO LS$/mton		Date
824.76	-3.14	962.64	+3.21	1 685.42	-31.16	Apr 7

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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	690	773	-83	730	854	-124	1 490	1 659	-169	Apr 7
Singapore	740	808	-68	875	968	-93	2 035	1 652	+383	Apr 7
Fujairah	710	755	-45	855	934	-79	1 740	1 715	+25	Apr 7
Houston	695	832	-137	915	979	-64	1 445	1 372	+73	Apr 7

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- 2026-04-07
  Oil prices mostly higher with WTI topping $115 as Trump’s Hormuz deadline looms
  Oil prices were mostly higher on Tuesday, amid little progress in peace talks between Iran and the U.S. ahead of a key deadline imposed by President Donald Trump for Tehran to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on energy infrastructure. Trump... Read more Oil prices were mostly higher on Tuesday, amid little progress in peace talks between Iran and the U.S. ahead of a key deadline imposed by President Donald Trump for Tehran to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on energy infrastructure.
  Trump continued to ramp up his threats against Iran, saying that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."
  "I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will," the president added.
  At 13:20 ET (17:20 GMT), Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, were up 0.9% to $110.66 a barrel. Crude Oil WTI Futures advanced 2.7% to $115.44 a barrel.
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  Iran says Hormuz will not be reopened for ’empty promises’
  The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran had halted all direct talks with the U.S. following Trump’s "whole civilization" threat, though negotiations via mediators were still ongoing.
  WSJ had earlier reported that the U.S. had conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran’s Kharg island early Tuesday, citing two U.S. officials. WSJ also said little progress had been made in negotiations between the two sides, citing officials familiar with the matter.
  Reuters reported that Iran said there were no negotiations with the U.S. which wants the country to "surrender under pressure," citing a senior Iranian source.
  Iran also warned that if the U.S. attacked its power plants, "the entire region and Saudi Arabia will fall into complete darkness," Reuters said, adding that Qatar had conveyed this message to the U.S. on Monday.
  
  Additionally, Iran will not reopen the strait in exchange for "empty promises," Reuters said. Iran also threatened that, if the situation escalated further, its allies would close the Bab-el-Mandeb waterway, another important global chokepoint that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Source: Investing.com
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- 2026-04-07
  FTA making $657 million available to improve US ferry infrastructure
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- 2026-04-07
  India’s major ports surpass annual cargo target
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- 2026-04-07
  Avenir LNG claims milestone STS bunkering operation in Klaipėda
  Avenir LNG says it has completed the first ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation for a ferry in the Port of Klaipėda. The milestone fuelling, which took place on 29 March, saw Avenir supply LNG to the Peter Pan, a dual-fuel RoPax owned and operated... Read more
- 2026-04-07
  SDHI lands quadruple ammonia dual-fuel bulker order
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- 2026-04-07
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- 2026-04-07
  Iran rejects ceasefire as Trump ramps up threats ahead of deadline
  Iran said on Monday it wanted a lasting end to the war with the U.S. and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned the country could be "taken out" if it did not meet his Tuesday... Read more Iran said on Monday it wanted a lasting end to the war with the U.S. and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned the country could be "taken out" if it did not meet his Tuesday night deadline to reach a deal.
  Responding to a U.S. proposal through mediator Pakistan, Tehran rejected a ceasefire and said a permanent end to the war was necessary, the official IRNA news agency reported.
  The Iranian response consisted of 10 clauses, including an end to conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, lifting of sanctions and reconstruction, the agency added.
  The Pakistani-brokered framework for ending the war proposed an immediate ceasefire, followed by talks on a broader peace settlement to be concluded within 15 to 20 days, a source aware of the proposals said.
  Trump, who has threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it did not make a deal by 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday (midnight GMT) to open the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global energy supplies, rejected the Iranian response and said his deadline was final.
  At a news conference, Trump said Iran could be "taken out" in one night "and that night might be tomorrow night," referring to Tuesday. He vowed to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges, brushing off concerns that such actions would be a war crime or alienate Iran’s 93 million people.
  
  Without an agreement with Tehran, Trump said "every bridge in Iran will be decimated" by midnight EDT (0400 GMT) on Wednesday and "every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used again."
  STRIKES ON UNIVERSITY
  Iran’s top joint military command in turn said Trump was "delusional" and called Trump’s warnings "rude, arrogant rhetoric and baseless threats," according to a statement by spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari on state TV.
  After Trump’s latest comments, Iran’s deputy sports minister, Alireza Rahimi, called on artists and athletes to form human chains at power plants across the country on Tuesday.
  "We will stand hand in hand to say: Attacking public infrastructure is a war crime," Rahimi said on X.
  Iran’s envoy the United Nations said on Monday Trump’s social media post warning about U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure constituted "direct incitement to terrorism and provide clear evidence of intent to commit war crimes under international law."
  Independent experts have also said strikes on civilian infrastructure such as power plants and bridges would constitute war crimes. Trump said Iranians are "willing to suffer that in order to have freedom" and the U.S. has intercepted messages asking for bombings.
  After the U.S. and Israel attacked on February 28, Iran effectively closed Hormuz, a conduit for about a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supply. The waterway’s stranglehold on the global economy has proved a powerful bargaining chip, and Tehran is reluctant to relinquish it too easily.
  
  Iran also threatened to avenge a U.S.-Israeli attack early Monday on Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, one of the country’s top science institutions, where Iran’s WANA news agency said an artificial intelligence data centre and other facilities were damaged.
  “Aggressors will see our might” in response to the Sharif bombing, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X. Iran’s science minister has accused the United States and Israel of attacking some 30 universities in the war.
  RESCUE MISSION
  At the news conference, Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised the successful weekend retrieval from Iran of a U.S. airman whose jet was shot down on Friday.
  Hegseth, who has faced scrutiny for outspokenly blending his evangelical religious faith with military operations, described the rescue in explicitly Christian terms, comparing it to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  The rescue mission came amid rising concern about the nearly six-week-long war’s effect on the global economy, including a sharp rise in fuel prices. The conflict has also hit Trump’s approval ratings and intensified anxiety among Republicans about November’s midterm elections.
  Further aerial strikes were reported across the region on Monday. Hegseth said Monday would have the most strikes since the start of the war, and Tuesday would see even more.
  The Israeli military said early on Tuesday that it completed a wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian government infrastructure in Tehran and other areas across Iran, adding that further details would follow.
  
  A residential area in Iran’s capital Tehran was hit in an attack on Tuesday and rescue teams were searching through rubble, Iranian Red Crescent news site reported.
  Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy Iran’s infrastructure and hunt down its leaders "one by one." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike on a petrochemical facility in southern Iran was part of dismantling Iran’s Revolutionary Guards "money machine".
  FIGHTING BACK
  Iran’s attack on an Israeli-linked vessel and continued strikes on its neighbours underscored the country’s ability to fight back despite Trump’s repeated claims to have knocked out its missile and drone capabilities.
  Israel saw a heavy day of rocket volleys on Monday, with the sounds of sirens and missile interception booms ringing out across the country throughout the day.
  Then early on Tuesday, the Israeli military identified missiles launched from Iran toward the Israel. "Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the IDF said.
  The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain issued simultaneous public safety alerts on Tuesday, with the UAE saying its air defence systems were dealing with a missile threat, Saudi Arabia activating early warning sirens in its Eastern Region, and Bahrain urging people to head to the nearest safe place after sirens were sounded.
  Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East in the Iran war, including 3,546 in Iran, U.S.-based rights group HRANA said, and nearly 1,500 in Lebanon.
  
  Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-04-07
  The Iran War Has Finally Exposed Japan’s Achilles Heel
  Global energy crises often act as severe stress tests that expose deep, structural fragilities in global supply chains that are erstwhile ignored. Such crises reveal weaknesses that extend far beyond fuel availability, causing systemic disruptions to... Read more Global energy crises often act as severe stress tests that expose deep, structural fragilities in global supply chains that are erstwhile ignored. Such crises reveal weaknesses that extend far beyond fuel availability, causing systemic disruptions to industrial manufacturing, trade routes and food security. A good case in point is Germany, which effectively boxed itself into a corner with its decades-long energy policies.
  
  Before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, successive German governments pursued an energy policy that significantly increased the country's dependence on Russian oil and gas, primarily driven by economic considerations, cheap energy needs, and the belief in driving political change through economic cooperation. Germany’s Energiewende focused on a dual phase-out of nuclear and coal while rapidly expanding renewables. By 2021, Germany imported 55% of its natural gas from Russia, making it highly vulnerable to energy supply shocks.
  
  And now Japan is facing a similar fate. For decades, the country’s strategy of deeply embedding itself in the Gulf's energy system in a bid to secure ample domestic supplies for the resource-poor nation worked like a charm, thanks to the region’s abundant and cheap fossil fuel resources. Prior to the conflict, Japan imported over 90% of its crude oil and about 11% of its LNG from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia and UAE its top suppliers. Unfortunately, this meant that the vast majority of Japan’s crude supply imports passed through the Middle East. In fact, Japan was even more reliant on Middle Eastern energy commodities than Germany and Europe were on Russian gas before the war. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran and its allies has effectively blocked the route for ~95% of Japan’s Middle Eastern oil, a five-alarm fire that has thrown its economy and financial markets into a tailspin.
  
  The Nikkei 225 has borne the brunt of the war, tumbling in double digits within the first few weeks of the conflict while business confidence in Japan's services sector has sunk to its lowest level since the pandemic. The IMF has projected that Japan’s economy will only expand by 0.8% in 2026, with a potential 3% contraction if the fuel crisis persists. Meanwhile, household electricity bills are projected to increase by ¥15,000 (USD $95) from April 2026 due to higher LNG import costs.
  
  On the energy front, Japan has adopted several measures to cope with the ongoing crisis. The government began releasing oil from its national and private reserves on March 16, with plans to release up to 90 million barrels, or enough for roughly 45-50 days of domestic supply. That marks the largest release from the country’s strategic reserves. The government has also resumed state subsidies to stabilize gasoline prices and cap gasoline prices at ¥170 per litre after prices surged to a record-high of more than ¥190 per liter in mid-March. Further, Japan is reducing its immediate reliance on oil-fired power generation. The country has increased the utilization rate of coal-fired thermal power plants, securing coal supplies from Australia and Indonesia. The government has even given the greenlight for older, less efficient coal-fired equipment to operate for one year starting in April 2026.
  
  Meanwhile, the Japanese government and private oil companies are frantically trying to secure alternative sources, including oil from outside the Middle East to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Japan is reaching out to suppliers in Central Asia, South America and Canada while negotiations with Venezuela, a former supplier, are currently underway. Following high-level discussions with the U.S., Japan is exploring a joint effort to boost Alaskan oil production. Japan plans to invest in Alaskan oil infrastructure, including investing in loading facilities to facilitate the transport of Alaskan crude, as part of a broader $550 billion bilateral investment program between the two countries. Oil from Alaska takes about 12 days to reach Japan, compared to over 20 days from the Middle East.
  
  Over the long-term, Tokyo is adopting several measures to lower dependence on the Middle East. First off, there is renewed pressure to accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources, including offshore wind and solar, in a bid to boost energy self-sufficiency. Last year, the government set an ambitious goal for renewable energy to reach up to 50% of the electricity mix by 2040. A major policy shift now allows for offshore wind development in Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), aiming to boost wind's share of electricity from 1% to 8% by 2040. At the same time, subsidies for large-scale, ground-mounted solar power are scheduled to be phased out from fiscal 2027 to encourage rooftop solar and address land-use concerns.
  
  Finally, Tokyo is also focusing on boosting nuclear energy use, a complete 180 from its previous stance. Under the new 7th Strategic Energy Plan, Japan is shifting from reducing nuclear dependency to maximizing its use, including extending reactor lifespans beyond 40 years and developing next-generation reactors. In January, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) restarted Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, the world's largest nuclear plant, following a 15-year shutdown triggered by the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The restart of this single unit is expected to boost electricity supply to the Tokyo area by roughly 2% and displace significant liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. Japan has now successfully restarted about half of its 33 operable reactors, with the government introducing new funding schemes to speed up the process. Source: Oilprice.com
- 2026-04-07
  Oil Supply Shock Ripples Through Fertilizer, Plastics, and Tech
  The worst supply shock in the history of the oil market is spilling over to critical supply chains, threatening shortages of medical supplies, fertilizers, semiconductors, and everyday consumer goods, including textiles, footwear, and cosmetics. When... Read more The worst supply shock in the history of the oil market is spilling over to critical supply chains, threatening shortages of medical supplies, fertilizers, semiconductors, and everyday consumer goods, including textiles, footwear, and cosmetics.
  
  When the Strait of Hormuz is shut, it’s not only Asian refiners scrambling for crude oil to turn into fuels.
  
  The naphtha, ammonia, urea, and helium supply that the Middle East would typically export via the most critical energy chokepoint is now trapped in the Persian Gulf. Petrochemicals producers in Asia, which are key exporters of plastics and other derivatives to the global markets, are cutting production and operations, declaring force majeure left and right. Without plastics, adhesives, lubricants, solvents, and even materials to make plastic caps and packaging for basic consumer goods, what began as an oil supply disruption is turning into a crisis along the supply chains of key industries, which will hit consumers with higher prices and/or shortages soon.
  
  The most immediate disruption is seen in Asia. But Asia is a major exporter of all these goods and processed petroleum derivatives, which means shortages and higher prices are spilling over to other regions, too.
  
  “Much like during COVID, the shock unfolds sequentially rather than simultaneously – a rolling supply disruption moving westward,” J.P. Morgan said in a note last week, as carried by CNN.
  
  Asia’s petrochemicals industry is already feeling the crunch. Across Asia, shortages of naphtha and other key petrochemicals feedstocks due to the Iran war have already forced petrochemicals firms to curb output.
  Related: Saudi Arabia Sets Record Premium for Flagship Crude as Hormuz Crisis Deepens
  
  Asia’s petrochemicals sector is highly dependent on naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and methanol from the Persian Gulf, so the war in the Middle East is creating a major supply shock in Asia, which is the most vulnerable to supply disruptions from the Gulf region, trade credit insurance group Coface said last month.
  
  “With 60 to 70% of Asian naphtha passing through Hormuz, a prolonged disruption could redefine flows, costs and, perhaps, the very geography of the global petrochemical industry,” said Joe Douaihy, sector economist, Coface.
  
  Commodity intelligence firm ICIS noted in the second week of the war that “Asia’s petrochemical dominance sits atop a feedstock system that is dangerously concentrated. A single geopolitical shock can reverberate across an entire industrial continent.”
  
  We are now in the sixth week of the war, the Strait of Hormuz is still de facto closed, and supply chains are reeling from the shock of slashed crude, naphtha, LNG, LPG, fertilizer, ammonia, urea, and helium supply.
  
  Asia feels it first, but concerns and shortages spread to the West, too.
  
  U.S. farmers plan to plant less corn, wheat, and rice acreage, as fertilizer prices have surged following the supply shock in the Middle East.
  
  “The interruption of crop-nutrient supplies from the Gulf comes just as planting season begins in the Northern Hemisphere, threatening yields and harvests through the year and pushing food prices higher,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said last week.
  
  Shortages of helium, of which Qatar produces a third of the global supply, are reverberating through the tech industry. Chip makers are scrambling for supply, with Qatar’s production sites hit by missiles and what’s already produced unable to leave the Strait of Hormuz. Helium is vital for the manufacturing of semiconductors and medical imaging devices.
  
  Medical supplies are also threatened, and not only in Asia. The UK could face days until some supplies run out, the chief executive of NHS England, Sir Jim Mackey, told LBC radio last week.
  
  The IMF last week warned that “The war is also reshaping supply chains for non-energy and critical inputs.”
  
  The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the mother of all disruptions, is affecting not only fuel supply and fuel prices globally. It has hit the processing and manufacturing of materials critical for food production, medicine, technology, and consumer goods, exposing the world’s dependence on petroleum derivatives for a normal everyday life. Source: Oilprice.com

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