ENGINE on Fuel Switch Snapshot: Pooling party cools for B100 and LBM
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Once a week, bunker intelligence platform ENGINE will publish a snapshot of alternative and conventional bunker fuel prices in the world’s two biggest bunkering hubs. The following is the latest snapshot:
27 July 2026
- Rotterdam B100 flips to $110/mt premium over VLSFO
- Singapore B100 loses cost edge against LSMGO
- LBM swings to $25/mt premium over VLSFO for Otto MS engines
OceanScore’s FuelEU pooling price index has fallen to €131.75/mtCO2e ($150/mtCO2e), down by around €28/mtCO2e ($32/mtCO2e) over the past week.
Over the same period, ENGINE-assessed FuelEU Maritime pooling values for B100 and liquefied biomethane (LBM) on EU-EU voyages have decreased by $86/mt and $120-140/mt, respectively.
The retreat has been steeper over the past month, but most of it has come in the past week.
OceanScore’s FuelEU pooling price index has slumped by €40/mtCO2e ($46/mtCO2e) since 29 June, with roughly 70% of that fall coming in the past week.
The drop in the underlying benchmark has cut B100’s potential pooling value by $123/mt in the past month to $405/mt.
LBM has been hit even harder, with its pooling values sliding by $171-201/mt over the same period to $562-659/mt.
Liquid fuels
The decline in B100’s pooling value for EU-EU voyages has hurt the fuel’s affordability in Rotterdam, where its bunker price has climbed by $144/mt over the past week.
As a result, B100 has moved to a $110/mt premium over Rotterdam’s VLSFO from a $105/mt discount seen the week before.
B100’s discount to LSMGO has narrowed by $201/mt to $340/mt over the past week, with a $57/mt decline in Rotterdam’s LSMGO price adding to the contraction.
Singapore’s HSFO and VLSFO benchmarks have edged down by $6-7/mt, while its LSMGO price has declined by $17/mt over the past week.
The port’s B100 benchmark has gained $91/mt, driven by a rise in the outright price and a $43/mt drop in B100’s pooling value for EU-nonEU voyages. Singapore’s B100 has shifted to a $2/mt premium over its LSMGO, from a $106/mt discount in the prior week.
Liquid gases
The decline in LBM’s pooling values for EU-EU voyages has erased the fuel’s price advantage over VLSFO in Rotterdam for dual-fuel vessels with Otto medium-speed (Otto MS) engines.
LBM has flipped to a $25/mt premium over VLSFO for vessels with Otto MS engines, from a $203/mt discount a week earlier.
For vessels with diesel slow-speed (diesel SS) engines, LBM maintains a discount to VLSFO in Rotterdam. But that discount has narrowed by $248/mt over the past week to $149/mt.
LBM discounts to LSMGO in Rotterdam have also narrowed by $215-234/mt over the past week to $424-598/mt, depending on the engine type.
Its discounts to LNG have narrowed by $114-115/mt over the past week to $289-297/mt.
By Konica Bhatt
Photo credit and source: ENGINE
Published: 28 July, 2026
