Reuters and other news sources have reported that the governments of East African countries are discussing plans for a joint oil refinery at Tanzania’s port of Tanga which would be ​modelled on Dangote’s 650,000 barrels a day (b/d) plant in Nigeria. According to the reports published today (23 April), Aliko Dangote, the founder of the Dangote Group, has pledged to support the construction of the new refinery. The plan is for facility to be connected to Mombasa by pipeline and source crude stocks from regional producers, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. Dangote has been quoted as saying that the […]

The 2,507,910 tonnes of marine fuel – including LNG – that was sold in the first three months of the year marked a 16.1% increase on the 2,160,422 tonnes sold in the same period in 2025. First quarter (Q1) sales at the Belgian port outstripped neighbouring ARA European bunker hub port, Rotterdam, which has historically been the larger of the ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp) bunker hub ports in terms of marine fuel sales. Sales of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) saw a sharp rise in the first quarter. The 955,032 tonnes sold was 34.8% up on the 708,410 tonnes sold in Q1 […]

Brittany Ferries has pledged not to introduce fuel surcharges in 2026, declaring there will be no shortages of marine fuel. ‘That’s the company’s 2026 promise to all passengers,’ Brittany Ferries said in a statement issued today (22 April) in which it confirmed that suppliers have ‘guaranteed the free flow of all maritime fuels’, namely LNG, heavy fuel oil (HFO) and marine gasoil (MGO). Ferries departing Portsmouth, Poole or Plymouth to five destinations in France, two in northern Spain and Guernsey in the Channel Islands are ‘guaranteed to run throughout the year,’ the company declared. Brittany Ferries also criticised competitors that […]