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MABUX ARA LNG Bunker Index
Port LNG$/mton MGO LS$/mton Date
ARA
989.00
0.00
1 100.00
+45.00
Jul 14
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Port	LNG$/mton	MGO LS$/mton	Date
ARA	989.00	0.00	1 100.00	+45.00	Jul 14

MABUX Global Bunker Index

380HSFO$/mton		VLS FO$/mton		MGO LS$/mton		Date
621.15	+24.70	766.26	+26.95	1 224.64	+47.44	Jul 15

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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	525	599	-74	670	666	+4	1 100	1 284	-184	Jul 15
Singapore	550	625	-75	766	753	+13	1 142	1 277	-135	Jul 15
Fujairah	558	572	-14	800	684	+116	1 378	1 340	+38	Jul 15
Houston	530	596	-66	670	688	-18	1 165	1 278	-113	Jul 15

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Latest News
- 2026-07-15
  Oil prices sink, shrugging off renewed Middle East fighting
  Oil prices fell on Wednesday, shrugging off a new wave of U.S. attacks against Iranian military installations that aimed to limit Tehran’s ability to strike shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and taking heart from a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. crude... Read more Oil prices fell on Wednesday, shrugging off a new wave of U.S. attacks against Iranian military installations that aimed to limit Tehran’s ability to strike shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and taking heart from a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. crude oil inventories.
  
  Brent futures fell $1.11, or 1.31%, to $83.62 a barrel at 10:43 a.m. CDT (1543 GMT). West Texas Intermediate futures lost 81 cents, or 1.02%, to $78.53 a barrel.
  
  The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 1.7-million-barrel drop in U.S. crude inventory last week, less than a forecast draw of 2.6 million barrels.
  
  "There seems to be a sense that we’ve seen this movie before," said Phil Flynn, senior analyst with Price Futures Group, referring to hostilities in the Middle East.
  
  "There’s a sense in that EIA report the supplies instead of evaporating are stabilizing," he added.
  
  Washington had earlier reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports and launched overnight strikes, prompting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to threaten to close "all other export corridors that benefit the U.S. and its allies".
  
  Oil prices settled up 2% at a one-month high on Tuesday as attacks exacerbated a supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passed prior to the war’s outbreak.
  
  The hostilities between Iran and the U.S. reignited last week, fraying an already fragile truce reached in June after several months of fighting.
  
  Late on Tuesday, the U.S. military said it had hit dozens of military targets near the strategic waterway and Iranian coastal areas in strikes lasting seven hours.
  
  In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday it had struck U.S. military targets in the region, including in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
  
  The U.S. military said its fresh strikes on Wednesday against Iran’s coastal defence systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites were "designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
  
  Analysts have said Iran has been signalling it may use its Houthi allies in Yemen to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting two of the world’s most vital energy arteries at risk.
  
  Further strengthening oil prices was a U.S. naval blockade of ships coming and going to Iranian ports, said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo, adding that Iranian crude exports were around 1.5 million to 2 million barrels per day in the last two weeks.
  
  Goldman Sachs estimated in a note that Gulf exports recovered to more than 80% of pre-war levels after the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding in June but slipped back below 50%, or about 11 million bpd, over the last week.
  
  The bank said Brent could exceed $110 in the fourth quarter this year if the Gulf export recovery continues to stall. Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-07-15
  New methanol bunkering alliance launched in China
  The China Academy of Waterborne Transport Research together with China’s Ministry of Transport and China Communications News have jointly launched the new Methanol Fuel Shipping Supply Chain Innovation Alliance. The official launch of the new alliance... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Maersk scales up 100% ethanol bunker trials in Barcelona
  Maersk has announced that its 16,592 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) Antonia Maersk was bunkered with 100% ethanol in Barcelona last week. The operation, which took place last Thursday (9 July) at APM Terminals, follows 100% ethanol trials on the... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Shipping traffic disrupted at Port of Antwerp due to acid leak
  Vessel movements remain suspended in the Deurganck Dock area of the Port of Antwerp following a leak of hydrofluoric acid yesterday (14 July) from a damaged container aboard the cargo vessel Mia Summer II. According to the Port of Antwerp, a number... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Samskip hopes HyShip project will help ‘make hydrogen-powered shipping scalable across Europe’
  In a statement sent to ship.energy this morning, Samskip’s Head of Newbuilding & Projects, Jeroen Hollebrands, says that the shipping company hopes its recently-announced collaboration with partners in the HyShip project will ‘help develop the liquid... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Biofuel used by ADM to complete its first global B100 trial voyage was bunkered in Rotterdam
  Global agricultural commodities and processing group ADM has informed ship.energy that the biofuel used by the company to complete its first global B100 trial voyage was produced from waste-based feedstocks and bunkered in Rotterdam. According to a... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Bunge Global to supply soybean oil to Acelen for biofuel production
  US grain trader Bunge Global SA has agreed to supply 300,000 metric tonnes of certified soybean oil annually to Acelen Renewables for the production of over 1 million metric tonnes of renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil) and sustainable aviation... Read more
- 2026-07-15
  Oil rises after US-Iran hostilities flare again with strikes on energy targets
  Oil rose on Wednesday as President Donald Trump reimposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and Iran launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. infrastructure in the region. For the second straight session, Brent closed at its highest since June 12 and... Read more Oil rose on Wednesday as President Donald Trump reimposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and Iran launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. infrastructure in the region.
  
  For the second straight session, Brent closed at its highest since June 12 and West Texas Intermediate at its highest since June 15 and rose further on early Wednesday trade.
  
  Brent rose $1.46, or 1.72%, to $86.19 a barrel by 0029 GMT while WTI was up $1.11, or 1.4%, to $80.40 a barrel.
  
  Oil prices closed up 2% to a one-month high on Tuesday as attacks deepened a supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, where some one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transited prior to the beginning of the war.
  
  Early on Wednesday, the U.S. also began a fresh round of strikes "to continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the U.S. military said.
  
  Tehran says it has again closed the strait after hostilities between Iran and the U.S. reignited last week, fraying an already fragile truce reached in June after several months of fighting.
  
  "I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets," Trump told Fox News in an interview aired Tuesday night on "Special Report with Bret Baier".
  
  Iran’s army said early on Wednesday that it had launched drone attacks against U.S. positions at Jordan’s Azraq base. There was no immediate comment from the Pentagon.
  
  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said they targeted weapons and storage facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait. Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.
  
  The flare-up over the last few days has heightened doubts that a memorandum of understanding signed last month would lead to a permanent halt to the war, which has engulfed Iran’s neighbors.
  
  “The chances of oil moving back toward $100 in the reasonably near term are still meaningful if hostilities intensify which damages energy infrastructure around the Gulf,” Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade said, noting Brent prices could remain at $75-$80 a barrel if diplomatic efforts helped reopen the strait.
  
  “For now, the risk premium is still embedded, but it’s not a one-way bet given that there remain incentives for both sides to find a diplomatic solution.” Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-07-15
  The Next Oil Rally May Depend On China, Not The Middle East
  Chinese refiners largely stopped competing for Middle Eastern crude during the Iran conflict, leaving more Gulf cargoes available to Europe, India, and the rest of Asia just as traders prepared for a supply shock. The International Energy Agency (IEA)... Read more Chinese refiners largely stopped competing for Middle Eastern crude during the Iran conflict, leaving more Gulf cargoes available to Europe, India, and the rest of Asia just as traders prepared for a supply shock.
  
  The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates China drew 41 million barrels from crude inventories during June, one of the largest monthly stock draws on record. Refiners met domestic demand from storage instead of replacing those barrels through imports, allowing Beijing to ride out the sharp jump in Middle Eastern crude prices caused by the conflict.
  
  That inventory was accumulated well before the conflict. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates China spent much of 2025 buying roughly 900,000 barrels per day for strategic and commercial storage whenever prices softened.
  
  Independent “teapot” refiners cut operating rates as weak refining margins, slowing fuel demand and higher crude prices squeezed profitability. Reuters reported that several refiners shifted purchases toward discounted Gulf grades and delayed Iranian cargoes, leaving millions of barrels floating offshore without immediate buyers.
  
  China’s imports collapsed faster than refinery demand
  
  Kpler estimated in late May that Chinese seaborne crude imports had fallen to 6.78 million barrels per day, the lowest level in nearly a decade, down from 8.5 million bpd in April and well below the 2025 average of 10.66 million bpd. Refinery intake, however, declined far less sharply, indicating that refiners were meeting the difference by drawing inventories.
  
  In May, Kpler estimated that Chinese refiners still held more than 300 million barrels of crude in refinery storage, which would have been enough to offset the import shortfall for another 60 to 75 days without increasing purchases. At the same time, China’s strategic petroleum reserves grew by 8 million barrels after the conflict began, despite refinery inventories falling by 15 million barrels. In other words, Beijing preserved government-controlled stocks while commercial refiners supplied the market from their own tanks.
  
  In a follow-up analysis published in a July blog, Kpler revised May imports to about 6.7 million bpd, 4.4 million bpd below the first-quarter average, while refinery runs had fallen by only 1.8 million bpd year over year to roughly 13.1 million bpd, confirming that stored crude had replaced imports.
  
  According to Kpler, China’s absence changed Asian crude pricing.
  
  China’s reduced buying left more Gulf crude available across Asia. Saudi Aramco responded by cutting the price of Arab Light to Asian buyers by $4 per barrel for June-loading cargoes, another $6 for July and a further $11 for August, leaving its flagship grade at a $1.50-per-barrel discount to the Oman-Dubai benchmark.
  
  During the short-lived U.S.-Iran ceasefire, Chinese buyers became far more selective.
  
  Reuters reported that privately owned Shenghong Petrochemical purchased roughly 12 million barrels of Iraqi, Abu Dhabi and Saudi crude for July arrival after Gulf producers lowered prices. Iranian crude became less competitive, with imports expected to fall to roughly 556,000 barrels per day in July, the lowest level since early 2023, while 30 million to 34.5 million barrels remained at sea awaiting buyers.
  
  Crude accounted for nearly all of the Gulf’s export recovery.
  
  The IEA estimates Gulf crude and condensate exports increased by 6.5 million barrels per day in June to 16.1 million bpd, representing 85% of the total recovery. Refined products and LPG remained below half of their pre-conflict export levels.
  
  China’s retreat from Iranian crude left millions of barrels without buyers. Reuters estimates Iran loaded between 30 million and 34.5 million barrels of crude between mid-June and early July. However, many of those cargoes remained at sea or in floating storage around Southeast Asia as Chinese refiners shifted toward discounted supplies from Iraq, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Iranian crude imports into China are expected to fall to about 556,000 barrels per day in July, the lowest level since early 2023.
  
  Still, Kpler expects China to remain Iran’s principal customer but says subdued crude demand and narrowing discounts are limiting buying interest. The firm also expects Iran to move cargoes into offshore storage when immediate buyers can’t be found, allowing exports to continue while delaying final sales.
  
  For decades, the oil market’s primary shock absorber was Saudi Arabia’s spare production capacity. When supply disappeared, traders watched Riyadh for signs that additional barrels were on the way. But China has very quietly introduced a second variable into that equation. Years of stockpiling have given the world’s largest crude importer the ability to step away from the market for weeks or even months, allowing commercial inventories to absorb supply disruptions instead of forcing an immediate scramble for replacement cargoes.
  
  OPEC (Saudi Arabia) influences oil prices through production, but China is increasingly influencing them through the timing of its purchases. Traders have spent decades watching Saudi production quotas for signs of the next move in crude, but Chinese inventory levels are now becoming just as important. Source: Oilprice.com
- 2026-07-15
  Azerbaijan Accelerates Middle Corridor Push With Central Asia Trade Deals
  Azerbaijan is working hard this summer to build bridges across the Caspian Sea, announcing a variety of projects to expand Middle Corridor trade with Central Asian states. In late June, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a series of agreements to foster... Read more Azerbaijan is working hard this summer to build bridges across the Caspian Sea, announcing a variety of projects to expand Middle Corridor trade with Central Asian states.
  
  In late June, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a series of agreements to foster energy cooperation and open a regular flow of goods between the two states. Since the start of July, Baku has launched similar initiatives with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
  
  Deputy Uzbek Trade Minister Khurram Teshabayev, in an interview published by a government-aligned Azerbaijani media outlet, revealed that Tashkent and Baku intend to build and operate a joint trans-Caspian cargo fleet. The two countries are also working to streamline the tariff regime and transit procedures for seaborne cargo traffic.
  
  "These initiatives will improve the efficiency of multimodal transport, make logistics chains more sustainable and reduce transport costs for exporters," Teshabayev told Report.az. “The volume of cargo transportation along this route has been steadily growing, the range of exported products is expanding.”
  
  Teshabayev also said trade officials are planning to develop a joint logistics hub in the vicinity of Baku’s port that is integrated with Azerbaijan’s rail network, enabling the reduction of transit times for Uzbek goods bound for European markets. He described the planned hub as “one of the key projects for developing [bilateral] transport and logistics infrastructure.”
  
  Uzbek-Azerbaijani trade volume surged by almost 43 percent during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching $80.1 million, according to Uzbek data. The two countries are aiming to reach $1 billion in annual trade turnover by 2030.
  
  Meanwhile, Kazakh and Azerbaijani officials have announced the introduction of a digital permit system for road transport to eliminate delay-inducing paperwork. The new system will go into effect in 2027.
  
  Somewhat bucking the expansionist trend, Teshabayev indicated that a planned trans-Caspian power line to export of solar- and wind-generated electricity from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan and onward to European markets may have trouble meeting its initial export target.
  
  Both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are striving to implement ambitious economic power-thirsty growth plans while presently grappling with electricity deficits. The two countries have a wide variety of projects in various stages of development – including green energy initiatives, and the construction of nuclear and coal-fired plants – to meet fast-growing domestic electricity needs. But it is uncertain how much excess power will be left over for export across the trans-Caspian line.
  
  Initial projections call for the trans-Caspian cable to carry up to 5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity by 2030. Teshabayev said Uzbekistan’s electricity export capacity might be as low as 2 GW, without specifying a timeframe. Source: Oilprice.com

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