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  1. Key takeaways from the panel on alternative fuel production and availability.
    15 Oct 2026
  2. LR's guidance outlines key considerations for retrofitting existing ships for alternative marine fuels and energy-saving technologies.
    15 Oct 2026
  3. Meanwhile, various initiatives continue to soften the impact of Iranian aggression.
    15 Oct 2026
  4. The experiment is expected to achieve first criticality as early as 2027.
    15 Oct 2026
  5. The project could support the case for using nuclear energy in water.
    15 Oct 2026
  6. The agreement will allow the cruise operator's ships to use shore-side electricity in Malta.
    15 Oct 2026
  7. Have you sold bunkers to a recently scrapped vessel? Check here with VesselsValue's demolition sales from October 8 – October 14, 2026.
    15 Oct 2026
  8. Key takeaways from the panel on the role of international regulation in market certainty and fuel transition pathways.
    15 Oct 2026
  9. They said in a letter that ring-fenced funding and advance support are needed to secure long-term investment in e-fuel production.
    15 Oct 2026
  10. Key takeaways from the second day's opening panel on taking decarbonisation from pilots to scale.
    15 Oct 2026
  11. The facility is expected to produce 7,000 mt/year of biomethane for supply to CMA CGM's LNG-fuelled fleet from 2029.
    15 Oct 2026
  12. HSFO accounted for 41.9% of year-to-date conventional and biofuel bunker sales, up from 38.6% a year earlier.
    15 Oct 2026
  13. Key takeaways from the panel on maritime digitalisation and unlocking value across fuel supply chains.
    15 Oct 2026
  14. GFS Pride sank after being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, while GFS Giselle sustained hull damage in a separate incident.
    15 Oct 2026
  15. Key takeaways from the panel on the market for conventional and biofuels to 2030.
    14 Oct 2026

SIBCON 2026 View All SIBCON Articles

  1. SIBCON2026: Shipping Is the Weakest Bidder for Low-Carbon Fuels Until Regulation Makes Them a Need-to-Have
    Oct 15
    Key takeaways from the panel on alternative fuel production and availability.
  2. SIBCON2026: A Patchwork of Regional Carbon Rules Is the Biggest Risk If the IMO Fails Again
    Oct 15
    Key takeaways from the panel on the role of international regulation in market certainty and fuel transition pathways.
  3. SIBCON2026: Pilots Prove New Fuels Are Possible but Scale Needs Demand, Supply and Policy to Move Together
    Oct 15
    Key takeaways from the second day's opening panel on taking decarbonisation from pilots to scale.
  4. SIBCON2026: A Digital BDN Is Only as Trustworthy as the System That Produces It
    Oct 15
    Key takeaways from the panel on maritime digitalisation and unlocking value across fuel supply chains.
  5. SIBCON2026: Any Ship Ordered Today Should Be Dual-Fuel, With or Without an IMO Deal
    Oct 15
    Key takeaways from the panel on fleet transition, retrofits, and propulsion pathways.
  6. SIBCON2026: Biofuels to Be the Winning Alternative Fuel Over the Next Five Years, but None Replace Fuel Oil Alone
    Oct 14
    Key takeaways from the panel on the market for conventional and biofuels to 2030.
  7. SIBCON2026: Shipowners Can Price In a Tough Environmental Rule but Not a Missing One
    Oct 14
    Key takeaways from the panel on the shipowner's fuel decision today: cost, risk, and reality.
  8. SIBCON2026: Buyers Pool Demand and Lock In Supply as Availability Proves More Important than Price
    Oct 14
    Key takeaways from the Demand Vs Supply panel on the fuel market outlook to 2030.
  9. SIBCON2026: Hormuz Disruption is the "New Normal" and Shipping Should Plan for the Next Crisis
    Oct 14
    Key takeaways from the event's opening panel on geopolitics, trade disruptions, and IMO developments.
  10. SIBCON2026: Singapore Offers Early Adopter Grant for Electric Harbour Craft
    Oct 14
    The scheme will provide up to SGD 250,000 per vessel to cover part of the battery system cost.

Middle East Conflict

  1. Oil Steady As US Military Preps New Strikes On Iran
    Oct 15
    Meanwhile, various initiatives continue to soften the impact of Iranian aggression.
  2. Singapore-Registered Boxship Sinks After Strait of Hormuz Attack
    Oct 15
    GFS Pride sank after being struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, while GFS Giselle sustained hull damage in a separate incident.
  3. Oil Up On Iran Aggression, But High Prices Are Benefitting One Northern Country
    Oct 14
    Meanwhile, Gulf attacks increase as U.S. midterm elections draw closer.
  4. Boxship Hit in New Strait of Hormuz Attack
    Oct 14
    UKMTO says the vessel sustained minor damage but was able to continue its passage.
  5. UKMTO Reports Four Vessel Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
    Oct 13
    The agency reported attacks on three tankers and a container ship on Sunday.
  6. Oil Dips On Prospect Of Russian Diesel Release - But Further Iran Hostilities Cloud Trading
    Oct 12
    Trump has left the door open for further strikes against the Islamic republic.
  7. Tanker Struck by UAV Near Oman's Sohar Anchorage
    Oct 12
    The incident occurred on Sunday, with some crew members onboard reported missing.
  8. Oil Gains On Hurricane Worries But Capped By Yet More Talk Of U.S./Iran Peace
    Oct 09
    Meanwhile, China plans to resume refined fuel exports.
  9. Q3 Was the Most Dangerous Quarter for Global Shipping: Windward
    Oct 08
    Iran attacked 45 commercial ships in the Gulf during Q3, up from 25 in Q2, Windward says.
  10. Tanker Hit by Multiple Projectiles Off the Coast of Qatar
    Oct 08
    The incident marks the first reported attack on a vessel in the Gulf, away from the Strait of Hormuz, since September 9.

Bunker Demand in Key Markets

In the third quarter of 2025 bunker bemand at key marine fuel hubs advanced 4.3% on a yearly basis, according to the latest market survey of bunker sales volumes in 17 leading global locations.

Methanol Bunker Prices

Gray Methanol MEOH-VLSFOe MEOH-MGOe
$/mt    +/- $/mte    +/- $/mte    +/-
Singapore 680.00 4.00 1399.50 9.00 1450.50 9.00
Rotterdam 533.00 8.50 1096.50 17.00 1136.50 18.00
Houston 536.00 3.50 1103.00 7.50 1143.00 7.50
Fujairah 518.50 15.50 1066.50 31.00 1105.50 32.50

Compliance Costs Calculator

Planning for the future? Ship & Bunker has developed a calculator to help shipping companies and other maritime stakeholders estimate the compliance costs for EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, and IMO 20208 / NZF regulations for their chosen energy mix for the years 2028-2035.

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  1. Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips
    Oct 13
    Ships on order have an implied demand of 64 million mtoe a year.
  2. INTERVIEW: Monjasa Investing in Long-Term Commitment to Colombia
    Oct 06
    Camilo Angulo Ferrand tells Ship & Bunker that its long-term crude and refining contracts should help keep availability stable in the region despite the Iran war.
  3. INTERVIEW: Arrest, Mediate, or Litigate? SeaSolveX on How to Handle a Bunker Dispute in Today's Market
    Oct 02
    Secure the claim first, then settle at the earliest commercially sensible moment.
  4. VIEWPOINT: Shipping is Buying Alternative-Fuel Ships Faster Than it is Building the Workforce to Run Them
    Oct 01
    Simulators that do not match the plant and instructors who cannot explain it are producing engineers with certificates but not competence, writes Danica's Henrik Jensen.
  5. IMO Favours Limited Split in Methanol and Ethanol Bunker Safety Rules Despite Push for More
    Sep 29
    Draft safety guidelines would distinguish the two fuels for the first time, but keep them under one regime, with approval not due until June 2027.

Insights & Analysis More

  1. ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Exceed Last Year's Nine-Month Record
    Oct 15
    HSFO accounted for 41.9% of year-to-date conventional and biofuel bunker sales, up from 38.6% a year earlier.
  2. VIEWPOINT: On the Bottom Line - Efficiency and the New Economics of Shipping's Decarbonisation
    Oct 13
    Carbon pricing turns every tonne of fuel saved into money that can pay for the fuel switch, argues Kongsberg Maritime's Oskar Levander.
  3. Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips
    Oct 13
    Ships on order have an implied demand of 64 million mtoe a year.
  4. ANALYSIS: Implied Bunker Demand of Ships Reporting to IMO Flat at 246 Million mt in 2025 as Share of Tonnage Reporting Falls
    Oct 12
    Reported volumes dipped 1.2%, but with less tonnage reporting, demand from the in-scope fleet held at 246 million mt, with volumes outside the reporting rules on top of that.
  5. US Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel for Six Months After Trump-Putin Call
    Oct 09
    General License 135 authorises the sale, shipping and import of Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, but EU and UK sanctions are unchanged.
  6. VIEWPOINT: Why a Counter-Offer Rarely Keeps a Bunker Trader
    Oct 09
    A matched package buys a few months, says Vernon Jayanathan; the resentment, the lost trust, and the market quote stay for good.
  7. INTERVIEW: Arrest, Mediate, or Litigate? SeaSolveX on How to Handle a Bunker Dispute in Today's Market
    Oct 02
    Secure the claim first, then settle at the earliest commercially sensible moment.
  8. VIEWPOINT: Shipping is Buying Alternative-Fuel Ships Faster Than it is Building the Workforce to Run Them
    Oct 01
    Simulators that do not match the plant and instructors who cannot explain it are producing engineers with certificates but not competence, writes Danica's Henrik Jensen.
  9. IMO Favours Limited Split in Methanol and Ethanol Bunker Safety Rules Despite Push for More
    Sep 29
    Draft safety guidelines would distinguish the two fuels for the first time, but keep them under one regime, with approval not due until June 2027.
  10. ANALYSIS: $14/mt Separates the Best and Worst Singapore Bunker Suppliers on the Cost of Doing Business, Fuelsure Data Shows
    Sep 28
    Fuelsure data shared with Ship & Bunker puts a number on what happens after the deal is fixed, port by port and supplier by supplier.

Decarbonisation, Alternative Marine Fuels and Power More

  1. LR Issues Guidance on Alternative Marine Fuel Retrofits
    Oct 15
    LR's guidance outlines key considerations for retrofitting existing ships for alternative marine fuels and energy-saving technologies.
  2. US Funding Supports Nuclear Reactor Experiment With Maritime Potential
    Oct 15
    The experiment is expected to achieve first criticality as early as 2027.
  3. Bluecore Energy Advances Floating Nuclear Power Project With Uranium Purchase
    Oct 15
    The project could support the case for using nuclear energy in water.
  4. 16 Groups Urge EU to Ring-Fence E-Fuel Support Under SMAP
    Oct 15
    They said in a letter that ring-fenced funding and advance support are needed to secure long-term investment in e-fuel production.
  5. CMA CGM and ENGIE Plan Biomethane Plant in Le Havre
    Oct 15
    The facility is expected to produce 7,000 mt/year of biomethane for supply to CMA CGM's LNG-fuelled fleet from 2029.

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VLSFO MGO IFO380
$/mt +/- $/mt +/- $/mt +/-
Global 4 Ports Average 852.50 4.00 1466.00 34.50 715.00 12.50
Global 20 Ports Average 902.00 6.00 1547.50 29.50 798.00 14.00
Global Average Bunker Price 950.50 2.50 1606.00 21.00 784.00 9.00
Singapore 917.00 10.00 1295.00 34.00 876.00 32.50
Rotterdam 742.00 5.50 1435.50 54.00 667.50 6.00
Fujairah 986.00 1.50 1725.50 38.50 744.00 7.50
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