The 1,793,464 cubic metres (cbm) of fossil marine fuel sold in Rotterdam during Q3 marked the highest quarterly total of the year to date. While still significantly down on 2025’s volumes, Q3’s total will be welcome news for bunker players at the European marine fuel hub port. As previously reported by ship.energy, the dwindling marine fuel sales volumes recorded during the first half of the year prompted several industry stakeholders to put their name to a position paper in July highlighting what it saw as the growing risks to Rotterdam’s status as a leading bunker port. Last quarter’s fossil bunkers […]

Chile’s COPE Marine reported yesterday (20 October) that its bunker tanker Don Pancho II was on its way to Puerto Williams to make its first delivery of the 2026/2027 Arctic cruise season. In a notice posted on LinkedIn, Ignacio López Pérez, Bunker Sales Manager with COPEC Marine, said: ‘As the Antarctic cruise season gets underway, we are ready to support cruise operators and shipping companies with their bunkering requirements in the region.’ Located on Navarino Island, Puerto Williams is the world’s southernmost cruise gateway and a primary departure point for Antarctic expeditions. Prior to the start of the cruise season, […]

Sources at Mozambique’s Oceania Bunkering have informed ship.energy that, alongside the launch of its ship-to-ship (STS) offering, the company is now supplying via pipeline in Beira, Nacala and Pemba and also ramping up its truck deliveries. Commenting on the ex-pipe service, the company source said: ‘All three ports have the infrastructure connecting [Mozambique’s national oil company] Petromoc fuel storage to the sea. ‘In the same way that we receive fuel to store, we are now doing the reverse operation to supply. ‘This [pipeline service] addition was strategically made before we launch our barge services next week. The idea is to […]