Rotterdam Market Report

Fri 3 Feb 2012, 12:10 GMT

Rotterdam Market Report

CRUDE:

WTI fell to a 6-week low as US supplies climbed and fuel demand tumbled. Brent traded at the biggest premium against the American benchmark grade in 12 weeks.

BARGE MARKET:

No offers // bids.

BUNKER MARKET:

Market stable at the moment. Gasoil firming.

Dutch time: 12:00 hours

Fuel oil 380 cst rmg 35 - USD 669-671

Fuel oil 380 cst rmg 35 (LS 1,0) - USD 683-686

Marine Gas Oil .86/LS 0.1% - USD 955-960

Marine Gas oil dma LS 0.1% - USD 937-943

MGO Netherlands Rotterdam (NL)


		CSSC delivers LNG dual-fuel bulker to Eastern Pacific nearly four months early 210,000-tonne Mount Asahi handed over ahead of contract schedule.

		New Times Shipbuilding delivers three LNG dual-fuel tankers in four days Chinese yard hands over one VLCC and two Aframax-size crude tankers within a single week.

		Baleària ferry completes LNG bunkering at regular berth in Las Palmas for first time LNG refuelling of Mercedes Pinto set to take place weekly without changing berth.

		Baltic Shipping Company takes delivery of wind-assisted hybrid coaster 3,550-dwt vessel is fitted with Econowind VentoFoils and a battery package.

		Vitol Bunkers launches first commercial bunkering service at Gwadar Port Company begins offering HSFO, VLSFO and LSMGO at the Pakistani deepwater port.

		Trailing 3-month bunker sales fall to lowest since April 2025 in Singapore Bunker volume of 13.569m tonnes sold between April and June was worst result in 14 months.

		Glander International Bunkering reports $23.4m pre-tax earnings amid volatile shipping markets Bunker trading company says new fuels volumes doubled over the past year, driven by client demand.

		ISO-compliant fuels increasingly causing operational problems, Lloyd’s Register warns Latest FOBAS report finds fuel quality risk shifting beyond off-specification fuels.

		Bunker One completes Latin America’s first bioethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel 500,000-litre delivery at Santos marks a first for bioethanol as a marine fuel.

		MTF issues safety management guidelines for methanol-fuelled ships New MTF report offers recommendations for developing and strengthening safety management systems for methanol as a fuel.