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MABUX ARA LNG Bunker Index
Port LNG$/mton MGO LS$/mton Date
ARA
995.00
-32.00
1 335.00
+10.00
Apr 13
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Port	LNG$/mton	MGO LS$/mton	Date
ARA	995.00	-32.00	1 335.00	+10.00	Apr 13

MABUX Global Bunker Index

380HSFO$/mton		VLS FO$/mton		MGO LS$/mton		Date
765.89	-13.87	890.83	-16.10	1 515.64	-8.57	Apr 13

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MABUX Market Differential Index (MDI)

Correlation between market bunker prices (MBP) and MABUX Digital Bunker Price Benchmark (DBP)

All Indexes in $/mton	380HSFO			VLS FO			MGO LS			Date
All Indexes in $/mton	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	Date
Rotterdam	660	666	-6	690	742	-52	1 335	1 284	+51	Apr 13
Singapore	651	692	-41	745	824	-79	1 610	1 277	+333	Apr 13
Fujairah	635	637	-2	745	793	-48	1 600	1 340	+260	Apr 13
Houston	656	717	-61	850	834	+16	1 240	1 198	+42	Apr 13

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Latest News
- 2026-04-13
  Oil prices jump 6% to above $100 a barrel on US blockade of Iran
  Oil prices jumped about 6% to more than $100 a barrel on Monday after the U.S. military said it will blockade ships leaving Iran’s ports nL6N40V09S, while Tehran threatened to retaliate against its Gulf neighbours’ ports, raising fears of more energy... Read more Oil prices jumped about 6% to more than $100 a barrel on Monday after the U.S. military said it will blockade ships leaving Iran’s ports nL6N40V09S, while Tehran threatened to retaliate against its Gulf neighbours’ ports, raising fears of more energy supply disruptions after weekend peace talks broke down.
  Brent futures were up $5.76, or 6.1%, to $100.96 a barrel at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $5.69, or 5.9%, to $102.26.
  Prices for physical crude barrels for immediate delivery nL6N40W0KB to Europe were trading even higher, with some grades already at record highs of about $150 a barrel.
  If U.S. President Donald Trump "does indeed back his blockade threat with actual boats, a convergence between the paper and physical markets may soon come," said Helima Croft, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
  Two Iranian-linked tankers nL1N40W056 exited the Gulf on Monday as other vessels began avoiding the Strait of Hormuz. The strait handles about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
  Saudi Arabia said it restored full oil pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline nL1N40S100 to about 7 million barrels per day (bpd) after damage from Iranian attacks. The kingdom, however, said nL1N40W081crude oil sales to China nL1N40W081 are set to fall in May as the war drives up prices and disrupts shipping.
  
  HIGH PRICES HURT ENERGY DEMAND
  
  The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nL6N40W0P6 lowered its forecast for world oil demand in the second quarter by 500,000 barrels per day, helping to pare earlier crude futures price gains.
  Earlier in the trading session, Brent futures were up more than $8 a barrel and WTI was up more than $9.
  India nL1N40W0BS said it was likely to see below-average monsoon rains for the first time in three years in 2026, stoking concerns about farm output and growth in Asia’s third-largest economy as it battles inflation driven by the war.
  Inflation is also a concern in Europe where European Central Bank nL8N40W0XH Vice President Luis de Guindos said any ECB interest rate rise nL6N40W0LA will depend on how a war-fuelled surge in the cost of crude oil and some chemicals impacts other prices.
  Central banks like the ECB use interest rates to control inflation. Higher rates boost consumer costs and can slow economic growth and demand for oil.
  European Union nL8N40W0Q2 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said member states must coordinate on energy prices amid a 22 billion euro ($25.70 billion) increase in fossil fuel bills since the start of the war.
  The head of Italian energy group Eni nL8N40W0P9 suggested the EU reconsider its plans to progressively ban imports of Russian gas from the start of next year.
  In Germany nL6N40W0EC, the coalition government agreed to give consumers and businesses about 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) of fuel price relief, ending a dispute over how to respond to the recent oil price surge.
  
  Bank of Japan nL1N40W05N Governor Kazuo Ueda said uncertainty over the Middle East conflict was keeping markets unstable and could hurt factory output, signalling the central bank’s escalating alarm over the economic hit from the war. Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-04-13
  Danish Shipping appoints new Chairwoman
  Caroline Pontoppidan has been elected as the new Chairwoman of the Board at Danish Shipping, succeeding Torben Carlsen of DFDS who has held the position since 2023. Pontoppidan, who becomes the first woman to chair Danish Shipping, has served as Vice... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  New OPS facilities launched in Port of Marseille Fos
  A new onshore power supply (OPS) facility that is capable of accommodating three large cruise ships simultaneously has been showcased at the Port of Marseille Fos. Following a testing phase that began in late 2025, the French port says that by 2026... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  Clock ticks down to start of US blockade against Iranian ports
  After the failure of US and Iranian talks at the weekend in Pakistan to achieve any resolution of the Middle East situation, the US has signalled its intention to begin a blockade against all shipping entering and leaving Iranian ports from 10:00 ET today... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  Gasum and Wasaline extend bio-LNG agreement
  Gasum and Wasaline have announced an extension to their bio-LNG supply agreement. As previously reported by ship.energy, the Finnish state-owned energy firm and Vaasa-headquartered shipping company signed a bio-LNG agreement for the latter’s Aurora... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  Econowind moves into the deepsea market, looks to Far East production options
  Dutch wind-assisted ship propulsion company Econowind has launched its new 5-series VentoFoil with the first 30-metre unit set to be installed on a Boomsma Shipping vessel in the summer. The development of this larger steel suction wing system for... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  Shipping’s verified EU ETS 2025 emissions data shows 3% y-o-y reduction ‘so far’
  The European Commission (EC) has published verified EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) data for 2025, which indicates that emissions from the maritime sector fell by 3% from 2024 levels, although the EC cautions that reporting for aviation and maritime... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  New LNG-capable, ammonia-ready PCTC joins Höegh Autoliners fleet
  Höegh Autoliners held a naming ceremony last week for its new pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Höegh Pacific. The vessel, which can run on either LNG or conventional marine fuel and is also ammonia-ready, was built at China Merchants Heavy Industry’s... Read more
- 2026-04-13
  Oil prices jump above $100/barrel after Trump orders Hormuz blockade
  Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trade on Monday, surging back above $100 a barrel after U.S. President Donald Trump said the navy will begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz following failed ceasefire talks with Iran. Brent oil futures jumped 7.3% to... Read more Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trade on Monday, surging back above $100 a barrel after U.S. President Donald Trump said the navy will begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz following failed ceasefire talks with Iran.
  Brent oil futures jumped 7.3% to $102.15 a barrel by 22:58 ET (02:58 GMT). Brent had earlier risen as high as $103.87/barrel.
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  US to blockade Hormuz as Iran ceasefire talks fail
  The U.S. military will begin enforcing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports from 10:00 ET (14:00 GMT) on Monday, Central Command said, after Trump ordered a blockade of Hormuz.
  Central Command’s statement represented a scaling back from Trump’s earlier threat of blockading all vessels attempting to pass through Hormuz.
  This came after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a consensus during ceasefire talks held in Pakistan over the weekend. Iran’s nuclear activities, the reopening of Hormuz, and an end to Tehran’s support for proxy groups, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, were key points of contention.
  Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation, left Pakistan early Sunday after 21 hours of negotiations failed to yield an agreement.
  Continued U.S.-Iran hostilities, coupled with a complete blockade of Hormuz, pointed to sustained supply disruptions in oil markets. Iran had effectively blocked Hormuz since the start of the conflict in late-February, cutting off roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply.
  
  Iran said it had no plans for future nuclear talks with the United States, while Trump said he did not care if Tehran returned to the negotiating table or not.
  But the Wall Street Journal reported that Middle Eastern governments were attempting to broker more ceasefire talks between Washington and Tehran in the coming days. Source: Investing.com
- 2026-04-13
  LNG Shock Hits Supply Chains as War Disrupts Global Flows
  The war in the Middle East has hurt the global LNG industry and promoted a supply chain crisis that will leave global scars. The warning comes from the head of the International Gas Union and points to extended disruption in the supply of the most flexible... Read more The war in the Middle East has hurt the global LNG industry and promoted a supply chain crisis that will leave global scars. The warning comes from the head of the International Gas Union and points to extended disruption in the supply of the most flexible form of natural gas.
  
  Just a year ago, even a few months ago, there were warnings of an LNG glut that was going to pressure prices around the world, especially as U.S. energy companies rushed to build new export capacity. Then the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran’s energy infrastructure, and Iran responded with strikes on the energy infrastructure of Gulf states, notably Qatar. Qatar declared force majeure on LNG exports, and suddenly the world flipped from a glut to a potential shortage.
  
  The price of LNG on global markets has surged by 80% since February 28, when the war started, Reuters reported this week. This is despite the fact that supply overall is abundant, the International Gas Union’s Menelaos Ydreos told the publication.
  
  “This was not a supply crisis. This was a supply chain crisis,” the executive said, adding that “Where you have choke points and you have geopolitical events that occur, it impacts security of supply.” This could have implications for energy importers’ long-term plans, Ydreos explained, as Asian countries suffer their second supply crisis in four years with little financial resources to handle it.
  Related: US Oil, Gas Drillers Take the Foot Off the Gas As Prices Climb
  
  QatarEnergy in late March declared force majeure on LNG contracts with buyers in Italy, China, Belgium, and South Korea, among others. The declaration followed Iranian retaliatory strikes on Qatar’s part of the South Pars/North Field gas deposit and its liquefaction facilities. The damage that resulted would take several years to fix, per QatarEnergy, which accounts for over 15% of global LNG capacity.
  
  Later reports about dozens of Qatari LNG carriers sitting empty in the Persian Gulf contributed to a perception of a supply squeeze with no clear end in sight, regardless of the warring parties’ potential negotiations and attempts at a ceasefire. All this, in turn, has damaged Qatar’s reputation as a reliable supplier of liquefied gas.
  
  “The reputation of a reliable area for energy in the world, whether it's oil or gas or petrochemicals or fertilizers, all of a sudden gives some concern,” the IGU’s Ydreos said, noting that “Over 30 years, Qatar had an incredible record of on-time delivery of cargoes...second to none, but now there are questions.”
  
  These questions seem to be casting a doubt about the future of natural gas as a so-called bridge fuel, although per the latest predictions from the International Energy Agency, the bridge leads nowhere and gas will continue to be in demand well into the future.
  
  In the latest edition of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook, out last November, the IEA dropped its peak oil and gas predictions and admitted that the coming years and decades will see a consistent increase in demand for energy across industry, households and, notably, information technology. Investments in data centers could reach $580 billion for 2025, the IEA’s secretary-general said, which would exceed the expected $540 billion in oil and gas industry investment.
  
  That was before the war in the Middle East. Now, more money would need to be spent on repairing damaged energy infrastructure, and this will take time—years, according to QatarEnergy. No wonder, then, that imports of liquefied natural gas into Asian countries fell last month by the sharpest rate since 2020, when pandemic lockdowns decimated energy demand. The total for the month stood at 20.6 million tons, according to Bloomberg, which represented an annual drop of 8.6%. It was the sharpest demand drop since December 2020.
  
  Demand destruction will probably continue as prices remain high due to the supply disruption, raising questions about the economics of additional export capacity as the U.S. administration’s energy dominance agenda runs into the reality of limited financial resources and the abundance of coal. Indeed, Asian countries are already switching from gas to coal, up to and including Japan, which is certainly not among the poorest Asian nations.
  
  Perhaps even more peculiarly, Japan’s JERA canceled a long-term LNG supply deal with U.S. Commonwealth LNG earlier this month. Neither of the companies gave reasons for the cancellation, which is quite counterintuitive in the current geopolitical context. However, one official from the Japanese Ministry of Industry made an interesting remark in March: “There is increasing uncertainty about future LNG procurement. We believe that it is necessary to increase the operation of coal-fired power plants and save LNG fuel,” he said.
  
  Of course, the official was referring to Middle Eastern LNG supply, yet the fact that Japan would rather ramp up coal generation than simply start buying even more LNG from the United States suggests there is a pain threshold when it comes to LNG prices—a fact that would likely inform short- to medium-term LNG buying decisions around the world. Source: Oilprice.com

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