Marine fuel global weekly market update

A weekly Argus news digest of interest to the conventional and alternative marine fuel markets. To speak to our team about accessing the stories below, please contact: oil-products@argusmedia.com.

Alternative marine fuels

14 Apr Adnoc adds five newbuild VLGCs to fleet Abu Dhabi's state-owned Adnoc announced...

14 Apr Senators urge US not to invest in fossil H2 Four US senators urged the US Department of Energy (DOE) to...

14 Apr Capacity expansions to raise Asian methanol supplies Methanol supply to Asia-Pacific markets is expected to rise in the medium-to-long term...

14 Apr Brazilian refiners tighten renewable diesel focus Brazil's leading refiners Petrobras and Acelen are focusing investments on...

14 Apr Japanese firms eye low-carbon ammonia import hub A consortium of Japanese companies intends to transform...

14 Apr Cepsal to build Spanish HVO plant with Apical Abu Dhabi-owned Cepsa said it plans to build a...

13 Apr Hapag-Lloyd ups biofuel for marine fuel German cargo ship operator Hapag-Lloyd has significantly increased its reliance...

13 Apr Icelandic utility recruits Linde for e-fuels projects Iceland's state-owned power company Landsvirkjun and industrial gas company Linde have signed...

13 Apr Germany plans intervention on wrongly labelled biofuels The German federal environment ministry (BMUV) has told Argus that...

13 Apr LNG vessels divert from well-supplied South Korea Limited incentives for power-sector gas burn and mild weather have left high South Korean LNG inventories...

13 Apr GCMD, Lloyd's Register to study vessel CO2 offloading The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) announced...

12 Apr Titan delivers LNG on barge to NYK vessel Dutch LNG bunker supplier Titan completed its first ship-to-ship...

12 Apr Honeywell launches H2 carrier US engineering firm Honeywell launched a liquid organic hydrogen carrier...

12 Apr Trio team up to create marine CO2 credits Green technology firm Njord is teaming up with European alternative asset management firm...

11 Apr Gothenburg to develop methanol bunkering storage Port of Gothenburg and Inter Terminals Sweden (ITS) will develop a methanol...

11 Apr CMA CGM in $3bn methanol, LNG ship deal French shipping firm CMA CGM has signed a $3bn agreement with Chinese shipbuilder...

11 Apr Lula to expand Petrobras' fleet, focus on renewables Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed to expand the marine fleet of state-controlled...

11 Apr Exempt H2 from EU emissions directive: Industry body Industry body Hydrogen Europe has urged EU institutions to exempt all...

11 Apr Study backs potential for Angolan green ammonia project Australia-listed Minbos Resources is looking to move ahead with a planned project in...

11 Apr South Korea's DSME receives order for LNG carrier South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has received an order...

10 Apr Cruise ship refuels with LNG in Barbados Barbados' three national energy companies collaborated to ...

10 Apr Osaka Gas, IHI, PGTS plan biomethane output in Malaysia Japanese gas utility Osaka Gas and engineering firm IHI have partnered with...

10 Apr China's Baofeng Energy starts 2.4mn t/yr methanol unit Chinese private-sector petrochemical giant Baofeng Energy achieved on-specification methanol...

10 Apr Firms tie up to supply green methanol at Chinese ports China-based shipping company Cosco Shipping, France-based shipper CMA-CGM and...

9 Apr Tsuneishi builds methanol-fuelled ships for J Lauritzen Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has received an order to build two dual fuel...

Conventional marine fuels

14 Apr Panama March bunker sales up from 2022 Panama bunker fuel sales in March…

14 Apr France imports diesel again after strikes French ports have mostly reopened after strike action, allowing large...

14 Apr Europe refiners restarting in south, shutting in north) The early part of Europe's refinery maintenance season cut especially into throughputs in...

14 Apr S Korea's SK Energy plans Ulsan refinery maintenance South Korean refiner SK Energy will conduct heavy maintenance at its...

14 Apr Refinery start-ups push Chinese fuel overseas Chinese product exports remain far higher than expected...

14 Apr Vietnam's Dung Quat postpones turnaround to early 2024 Vietnam's 145,000 b/d Dung Quat refinery has postponed its turnaround originally planned for...

14 Apr NWE scrubber spread narrows to below $100/t The scrubber, or Hi-5, spread in northwest Europe has narrowed to...

14 Apr Singapore bunker sales rise on year in March Total bunker sales in Singapore reached 4.18mn t in March, 11pc higher than...

13 Apr Coker halt prompts residue export from Greece's Elefsis Greek refiner Hellenic Petroleum is exporting ...

13 Apr Inland oil products demand picks up in ARA on the week Independently-held oil product stocks at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp ...

13 Apr Volatile arbitrage redirects Asian gasoil Volatile arbitrage economics have forced Mideast Gulf and Indian gasoil supplies to...

12 Apr Carnival cuts particulate matter emissions by 50pc US cruise company Carnival Cruise Line says it has achieved one goal related to...

11 Apr Baltic port Ust Luga cancels ice restrictions Ust Luga port has cancelled its ice restrictions from ...

10 Apr Brazil's diesel imports reach six-month high Brazil's diesel imports reached a six-month high in...