October, 2026
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Fri23Oct
Rotterdam's bunker sales recovered slightly in Q3 from the previous quarter, but volumes remained well below year-earlier levels.
ANALYSIS: Rotterdam Bunker Sales Down 24.9% in First Nine Months as RED III Bites
Fri23Oct
Safety guidelines alone will not make onboard carbon capture commercially viable, writes EmissionLink's Philippos Ioulianou.
VIEWPOINT: Carbon Capture Needs a Business Case, Not Just a Safety Framework
Wed21Oct
Trading Director Maaz Ahmed tells Ship & Bunker that the firm plans to deploy more bunker barges in the future.
INTERVIEW: FLEX Commodities Expands West Africa Physical Bunker Supply to Lomé with New Barge
Thu15Oct
HSFO accounted for 41.9% of year-to-date conventional and biofuel bunker sales, up from 38.6% a year earlier.
ANALYSIS: Singapore Bunker Sales Exceed Last Year's Nine-Month Record
Tue13Oct
Carbon pricing turns every tonne of fuel saved into money that can pay for the fuel switch, argues Kongsberg Maritime's Oskar Levander.
VIEWPOINT: On the Bottom Line - Efficiency and the New Economics of Shipping's Decarbonisation
Tue13Oct
Ships on order have an implied demand of 64 million mtoe a year.
Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips
Mon12Oct
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.
ANALYSIS: Implied Bunker Demand of Ships Reporting to IMO Flat at 246 Million mt in 2025 as Share of Tonnage Reporting Falls
Fri09Oct
General License 135 authorises the sale, shipping and import of Russian diesel until April 7, 2027, but EU and UK sanctions are unchanged.
US Lifts Sanctions on Russian Diesel for Six Months After Trump-Putin Call
Fri09Oct
A matched package buys a few months, says Vernon Jayanathan; the resentment, the lost trust, and the market quote stay for good.
VIEWPOINT: Why a Counter-Offer Rarely Keeps a Bunker Trader
Fri02Oct
Secure the claim first, then settle at the earliest commercially sensible moment.
INTERVIEW: Arrest, Mediate, or Litigate? SeaSolveX on How to Handle a Bunker Dispute in Today's Market