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Argus Media: Argentinian VLSFO bunker fuel demand up 86% in Q1 2020

Though Argentinian VLSFO production was up by 8.7%, data shows exports declined to serve domestic VLSFO bunker fuel demand that increased by 147,660t in Q1.

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Stefka Wechsler of the global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus Media on Wednesday (27 May) published a report on the sizable upswing in Argentinian VLSFO sales since the IMO 2020 sulphur limit came into effect:

Argentinian very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) sales rose by 86% in the first quarter, driven by the 2020 global marine fuel sulphur regulation according to Argentina’s Petroleum and Gas Institute.

Sales reached 319,374t in the quarter ended 31 March, compared with 171,714t during the same period in 2019.

Argentinian residual fuel oil is produced locally from sweet Argentinian crude and meets the 0.5% sulphur limit set for marine fuel burned in international waters by the International Maritime Organization starting on 1 January. The fuel does not need to be blended or desulphurized.

Shell sold 98,987t of residual fuel oil for bunkering in Argentina in the first quarter, Trafigura sold 87,677t, YPF sold 80,593t and Pan American Energy sold 52,117t.

Buenos Aires is the biggest bunkering port in Argentina. Buenos Aires’ biggest competitors are the ports of Santos and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Buenos Aires VLSFO retail bunkers are not the most price competitive in Latin America. For the period 1-26 May Argus VLSFO assessments showed the Buenos Aires – Santos premium averaged at $41/t and the Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro premium averaged at $16/t.

Argentina’s marine gasoil (MGO) sales were also up by 47% to 183,441m3 (about 162,340t) in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. YPF sold 66% of this quantity, Pan American Energy sold 27% and Shell sold 7%.

Exports down and destinations shift

Argentinian VLSFO production was up by 8.7% or 54,295t to 678,293t in the first quarter compared with the first quarter of 2019. But with domestic VLSFO bunker demand up by 147,660t for the quarter, the country’s VLSFO exports declined.

Argentina’s VLSFO exports to the US east coast were down, data from oil analytics firm Vortexa showed. But Argentina exported over 70,000t to Panama and over 108,800t to the Netherlands in the first five months of the year, compared with no exports to these locations for calendar 2019 and 2018. Panama is the biggest bunkering hub in the Caribbean and Central America and Rotterdam, the Netherlands is the biggest bunkering port in Europe.


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Published: 28 May, 2020

 

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Winding up

Singapore: Xihe Holdings subsidiaries to be wound up voluntarily, creditors to submit claims

Creditors of Da Zhong Tankers and Xin Ying Shipping are required on or before 17 July 2026 to send in their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims to appointed liquidators, says notice.

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Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd subsidiaries Da Zhong Tankers Pte Ltd and Xin Ying Shipping Pte Ltd will voluntarily wind up following resolutions that were passed by written means, according to a Government Gazette notice published on Thursday (18 June).

The resolutions set out below were duly passed:

  • SPECIAL RESOLUTION – WINDING-UP

That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to section 160(1)(b) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018.

  • ORDINARY RESOLUTION – APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATORS

That Paresh Tribhovan Jotangia and Ho May Kee of Grant Thornton Singapore Private Limited, 8 Marina View, #40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960 be and are hereby appointed as joint and several liquidators to conduct the said winding-up and that their remuneration be fixed on the usual scale of their professional charges for the work involved.

  • SPECIAL RESOLUTION – POWERS OF LIQUIDATORS

That the liquidators of the Company be authorised to exercise any of their powers given by section 177, 144 (1) and (2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and to distribute to members, in specie, any part of the assets of the Company.

In another notice, the liquidator of the company said creditors are required on or before 17 July 2026 to send in their names and addresses with particulars of their solicitors (if any) to liquidator Paresh Tribhovan Jotangia at Grant Thornton Singapore Private Limited, 8 Marina View, #40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore 018960. 

The liquidator may require creditors or their solicitors to “come in and prove their said debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice or in default thereof, they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.”

Related: Singapore: Additional Xihe Holdings subsidiaries to be placed under judicial management

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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Singapore: Liquidator of Parakou Shipping issues notice of dividend

Second and final dividend to admitted creditors of Parakou Shipping is payable by 14 July, according to Government Gazette notice.

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A notice of dividend for Parakou Shipping Pte Ltd, which is currently in voluntary liquidation, was published on the Government Gazette on Thursday (18 June). 

The following are the details of the notice:

Name of Company : Parakou Shipping Pte Ltd (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation)
Address of Registered Office : c/o KordaMentha, 50 Raffles Place, 25-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore 048623
Amount per centum : 0.55 per centum of admitted claims (in accordance with the Order of Court HC/ORC 4175/2024)
First and Final or otherwise : Second and Final Dividend to admitted creditors (in accordance with the Order of Court HC/ORC 4175/2024)
When payable : By 14 July 2026
Where payable : c/o KordaMentha Pte Ltd, 50 Raffles Place, #25-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore 048623

Related: Singapore: Notice of intended dividend issued for Parakou Shipping Pte Ltd

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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MOL inks bio-LNG bunker fuel supply deals with Titan and Axpo for car carriers in Europe

Titan, part of Amsterdam-based Molgas, will continue to supply bio-LNG fuel in Northwest Europe, while Axpo will take charge of supply in the Mediterranean region.

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MOL inks bio-LNG bunker fuel supply deals with Titan and Axpo for car carriers in Europe

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) on Thursday (18 July) said it has signed new supply agreements in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean region to expand the use of bio-LNG marine fuel on MOL-operated LNG-fuelled car carriers.

Titan, part of Amsterdam-based Molgas, will continue to supply bio-LNG fuel in Northwest Europe, while Axpo will take charge of supply in the Mediterranean region.

MOL said the agreement makes it possible for its company to supply bio-LNG fuel for automobile carriers in the Mediterranean region, specifically Port of Malaga and Barcelona in Spain, following the bio-LNG fuel supply agreement in Western Europe, which commenced in March last year.

The bio-LNG fuel to be supplied in this initiative has a lifecycle carbon intensity (carbon dioxide emissions per unit of energy consumption) of -15 g-CO2/MJ or less, from production through consumption. Furthermore, this bio-LNG fuel has obtained International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC-EU). 

“Through this supply agreement, MOL has established a framework that ensures a continuous and stable supply of bio-LNG fuel not only in Northern Europe but also in the Mediterranean,” the company said.

As part of the group’s efforts to adopt alternative fuels and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is utilising LNG-fuelled vessels as a bridge solution to facilitate the transition to carbon-neutral fuels such as bio-LNG and synthetic LNG (e-methane).

In 2025, MOL signed a bio LNG fuel supply agreement in Northwest Europe with Titan, part of the Molgas, and MOL has continued this bio LNG fuel supply agreement with the same company in 2026 as well.

 

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Published: 19 June, 2026

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