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Singapore: Uni-Fuels to scale global operations across key maritime markets

Company’s priorities include strengthening scale, operational capability, and broadening geographic reach to meet customer needs in an evolving global bunker and regulatory landscape.

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Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited (Uni-Fuels), a global provider of marine fuel solutions headquartered in Singapore, on Monday (5 January) announced the next phase of its global expansion strategy, focused on scaling its global operations through disciplined organic growth across key maritime markets. 

As part of this approach, the company is evaluating potential strategic opportunities, including, among others, acquisitions, over time, where such opportunities align with its long-term growth strategy.

This announcement builds on Uni-Fuels’ expansion to Dubai, Shanghai, and Limassol in 2025 and provides the strategic framework for additional office openings and operational initiatives designed to support long-term corporate development.

As part of this next phase, Uni-Fuels’ expansion strategy is guided by the following priorities:

  • Supporting shipowners and operators across global shipping routes, including both major trade corridors and niche ports, with consistent service and execution standards
  • Maintaining strong operational discipline, including counterparty risk management and regulatory compliance, as the company scales its activities
  • Addressing increasing market and regulatory complexity, including the implementation of decarbonisation-related measures such as the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which directly affect voyage economics, fuel selection, and emissions compliance obligations
  • Supporting a growing diversity of marine fuel requirements, including conventional, transitional, and emerging fuels, as customers adapt fuel strategies in response to emissions-related cost considerations and fuel-intensity regulations such as FuelEU Maritime
  • Strengthening scale, operational capability, and broadening geographic reach to meet customer needs in an evolving global bunker and regulatory landscape

In executing this next phase, Uni-Fuels will prioritise organic growth by expanding its team, deepening customer relationships, and increasing market coverage in key regions, such as Europe, the Americas, and other major international shipping hubs. 

The company will also continue to enhance partnerships with physical suppliers, logistics providers, and counterparties to support efficient, reliable, and resilient fuel supply across its global network.

“This next phase of expansion reflects our focus on scaling Uni-Fuels’ global operations in a disciplined and measured manner,” said Mr. Koh Kuan Hua, Chief Executive Officer of Uni-Fuels. 

“As bunker markets evolve, shaped by increasing regulatory complexity, decarbonisation measures, and a growing range of marine fuel requirements, we are strengthening our operational capabilities and geographic reach to support customers across an increasingly complex bunker landscape, while maintaining high standards of operational discipline, risk management, and regulatory compliance. 

“We are investing organically to expand our market coverage and business capabilities, while remaining open to strategic opportunities that align with our long-term objectives.”

 

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Published: 6 January, 2026

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