Sales of traditional marine fuels at Rotterdam port fell by 1.3% on year in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, according to figures from the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
Data of the Q2 2020 bunker sales volume (versus on year) saw fuel oil at 1.780 million m3 (1.8 million m3); marine gas oil at 341,838 m3 (351,118 m3); marine diesel oil at 78,535 m3 (78,622 m3); and lubes at 18,323 m3 (16,749 m3).
Sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel in Q2 2020 totalled 58,522 metric tonnes (mt), a 316% increase from 5,403 mt in Q2 2019.
Rotterdam bunker sales data for 2020 are as follows:
| Year | Fuel oil | MGO | MDO | Lubes | TOTAL (m3) |
| Q2 2020 | 1,780,227 | 341,838 | 78,535 | 18,323 | 2,218,924 |
| Year | LNG (mt) |
| Q2 2020 | 58,522 |
Rotterdam bunker sales data for 2019:
| Year | Fuel oil | MGO | MDO | Lubes | TOTAL (m3) |
| Q1 2019 | 1,900,776 | 366,032 | 22,197 | 19,722 | 2,308,727 |
| Q2 2019 | 1,802,538 | 351,118 | 78,622 | 16,749 | 2,249,027 |
| Q3 2019 | 1,693,136 | 368,062 | 45,464 | 16,887 | 2,123,549 |
| Q4 2019 | 1,777,649 | 408,982 | 61,931 | 19,929 | 2,268,491 |
| Total | 7,174,099 | 1,494,194 | 208,214 | 73,287 | 8,949,794 |
| Year | LNG (mt) |
| Q1 2019 | 5,403 |
| Q2 2019 | 6,269 |
| Q3 2019 | 11,075 |
| Q4 2019 | 9,197 |
| Total | 31,944 |
Related: Rotterdam port marine fuel sales volume up 2.7% on year in Q1 2020
Related: Rotterdam marine fuel sales volume down 8% on year in Q3 2019
Related: Rotterdam bunker fuel sales volume continue downward dip in Q2 2019
Related: Rotterdam marine fuel sales volume in Q1 2019 down 9% on year
Photo credit: Port of Rotterdam
Published: 3 August, 2020
Lab’s technical services, lubricant knowledge and specialist insights enable ship operators to decide on the best courses of action specific to their vessels.
The bunker cargo trading company is comprised of several former employees of Endofa’s Dubai branch, says Danish media.
Singapore’s old law firm Dentons Rodyk offers commentary on the judicial corporate rescue mechanism provided to creditors of Hin Leong Trading and Zenrock Commodities.
Retires 7:1 calculated ratio on 11 February and now assessing 0.5% LSFO based on market price info.
The special resolution was passed at a recent creditors meeting held on Wednesday, 30 December 2020; AAG Corporate Advisory appointed as liquidators.
For those who miss the action of the bunker industry while on holiday, many locations offer a complimentary bunker barge or two patiently waiting on the horizon.
Caroline Yang, President of SSA, addresses issues earlier raised by players; including PMC No. 04, the seven-day restriction, contactless bunkering, sampling point, hose connection, and more.
IBIA Asia, ABIS, sources from Singapore’s bunkering and surveying companies, and an industry veteran share with Manifold Times the issues expected from MPA’s latest Covid-19 measures.
The top three positive movers in the 2020 bunker supplier list are Hong Lam Fuels Pte Ltd (+13); Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd (+12); and SK Energy International (+8), according to MPA list.
‘We will operate in the Singapore bunkering market from the Tokyo, with support from local staff at Sumitomo Corporation Singapore,’ source tells Manifold Times.
Changes include abolishing advance declaration of bunkers as dangerous cargo, reducing pilotage fees on vessels receiving bunkers, and a ‘whitelist’ system for bunker tankers.
Claim relates to deliveries of MGO to the vessels Pacific Diligence, Pacific Valkyrie, Pacific Defiance, Crest Alpha 1, and Pacific Warlock between March 2020 to April 2020.
