Thu 10 May 2012, 06:07 GMT

Singapore Market Commentary (with evening update)



Evening Price Update

Cargoes trading ended mixed this afternoon. Fueloil cargo dipped by about USD2.00/MT while Gasoil cargo climbed higher instead, making away with about USD0.40/bbl.

Delivered prices still going at very competitive levels as Crude futures were showing some weakness earlier after Asian close. Meantime, our bunker indication is revised accordingly, amid average demand.

Morning Commentary

June's WTI Crude future closed a tad lower while Ice Brent closed firmer last night however, both were weakening this morning.

Both Fueloil and Gasoil papers opened higher today by USD 0.70/MT and about USD 0.85/BBL respectively. Our bunker indication in the meantime,remains unchanged except for MDO/MGO which are revised higher


Kota Ocean vessel. PIL hiring head of marine fuel procurement in Singapore  

Role requires at least 10 years’ experience in bunkering, shipping or energy sectors.

Arctic Tern and Hai Gang Zhi Yuan STS bunkering operation. EUKOR’s new car carrier completes first biomethanol bunkering at Shanghai on maiden voyage  

EUKOR, SIPG Energy and World Fuel deliver 2,800 tonnes of waste-derived biomethanol to the first Shaper Class vessel.

Peninsula logo. Peninsula seeks bunker sales trader for Dubai office  

Firm says role would suit candidate with previous trading experience, ideally within the bunker sector or maritime industry.

Valencia waterfront. Glander International Bunkering seeks trader for Valencia office  

Marine fuels company is recruiting a sales-focused professional for its Spanish operations.

Kwan-Ho Song, Nikolas Vaporis and Joe Borg. Capital Ship Management, K Shipbuilding and LR launch wind-assisted propulsion project for MR tanker sector  

Joint development project will assess wind-assisted propulsion for 50,000-dwt product tankers.

Clare Urmston, Anemoi Marine Technologies. Bureau Veritas approvals extend classification society coverage for Anemoi Rotor Sail range  

Anemoi's full Rotor Sail portfolio is now approved by four major classification societies.

Proteus Supply and Trading and Propeller Fuels logo. Propeller Fuels and Proteus Supply and Trading form commercial partnership to expand Americas coverage  

US-based Proteus and UK-based Propeller Fuels unite operations across the Americas and beyond.

Kasif Kalkavan vessel. Turkon Line’s LNG-powered Kaşif Kalkavan makes maiden call at Marport  

Türkiye’s largest domestically built LNG-fuelled container ship has docked at Marport for the first time.

Vinoth Kumar, Flex Commodities. Flex Commodities appoints Vinoth Kumar as general accountant  

Dubai-based bunker trader strengthens finance team with new accounting hire.

Kota Elok vessel. PIL's first LNG dual-fuel boxship receives cybersecurity certification on Singapore maiden call  

Pacific International Lines' 13,000-teu vessel Kota Elok becomes the first PIL ship certified to IACS cyber-resilience standards.