MPA advises all maritime companies to monitor the haze situation through the use of PSI forecast and 1-hour PM2.5 readings, following MOM’s issuance of additional guidance to protect outdoor workers.
Company introduced pipeline bunkering services at ports of Beira, Nacala and Pemba to provide a more efficient and reliable bunkering solution, reducing delays and improving operational flexibility.
Prompt fuel availability is tight in the ARA; rough weather suspends deliveries off Malta; high swells suspend bunkering in Las Palmas’ outer anchorages.
Building on its Namibian experience, FLEX has expanded its physical bunker supply operations to Lomé, Togo, supported by SIRE-approved bunker barge “MT CHASER”.
Availability of all grades tight in Singapore; typhoon to impact bunkering in Zhoushan; VLSFO, LSMGO supply is tight in Fujairah.
Hauschild joined the company at the beginning of October, following his last role with a shipyard broker.
Rotterdam LBM’s discounts to LSMGO narrow to $17-137/mt; LBM costs more than HSFO, VLSFO and B100 in Rotterdam; Rotterdam’s B100 flips to $26/mt premium over HSFO.
Recent geopolitical disruptions have served as a “pressure test” for Singapore’s bunkering industry.
Mithat Çiftçioğlu reflects how the company grew its Singapore bunker operation to around 250,000 mt in monthly volumes in its first year and its plans for wider expansion across the Asia-Pacific region.
