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Argus Media: Covid, China discount may hit Singapore bunker fuel demand

Likely due to lower prices in China and recent crew change restrictions following the discovery of a Covid-19 cluster on board a bunker vessel in the city-state.

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Singapore-based Sammy Six of global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus Media on Wednesday (5 May) published a report suggesting a decrease of Singapore’s bunker fuel sales volume due to a combination of factors:

Demand for bunkers in Singapore will likely be hit by lower prices in China and recent crew change restrictions following the discovery of a Covid-19 cluster on board a bunker vessel in the city-state.

A new Covid-19 cluster was reported in Singapore on 24 April after four community cases were linked to an Indonesian sea crew member who tested positive for the virus. The four Indonesian nationals were working on board the same bunker tanker, the MT ALLI, as the earlier case.

A surge in Covid-19 infections in India also prompted Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority to ban crew changes at the port of Singapore involving non-residents with a recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The ban took effect at 11.59pm local time (3.59pm GMT) on 1 May. This follows an earlier ban on crew changes for those who have recently travelled to India.

This has led to some bunker traffic at Port Klang in Malaysia given the quarantine requirements in Singapore, a local buyer said.

“Some might also divert because of the container terminal congestion in Singapore, resulting from very-high volume flows and the Suez Canal congestion working its way out of the system,” another local buyer said.

“The closing of the borders for those coming from south Asia will affect crew changes severely, which makes the case for buyers to divert to China with lower prices there all the more appealing,” a local trader said.

Very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) prices at China’s largest bunkering hub of Zhoushan have averaged a discount of $8.64/t to Singapore over the past month, according to Argus data. Zhoushan VLSFO bunkers were sold at an average premium of $1.90/t over the past year. This reversal was driven by profitable residual refining margins at refineries in China, causing a serious oversupply situation.

Market participants unanimously said they have seen a notable increase in activity in China compared with Singapore, with generally weak spot demand further dampening demand for bunkers in the city-state. Singapore yesterday announced it will reimpose tougher restrictions on gatherings and business activity in reaction to the recent emergence of new clusters of coronavirus cases.

Argus has reported an average of 5.5 spot bunker deals each day in May so far, down from 8 in April.

 

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Published: 6 May, 2021

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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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Alternative Fuels

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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