Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Rotterdam’s B30 and conventional prices gain
Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $19/mt in the past week. The port’s conventional VLSFO price has risen by a greater $36/mt over the same period. Rotterdam’s B30-LSMGO (POMEME) price has gained $48/mt in the past week, supported by an $84/mt increase in the port’s conventional LSMGO price. Prima Markets-assessed POMEME and UCOME ...
Rotterdam's B30-VLSFO price has climbed $19/mt in the last week, while the conventional price has surged $36/mt. The B30-LSMGO price has also risen $48/mt, with the conventional LSMGO price up $84/mt. POMEME and UCOME barge prices have jumped $48/mt each, reaching $1,825/mt and $1,755/mt respectively. Biofuel feedstock prices may have aided this rise.
B100 bunker prices fell $21/mt. In contrast, Gibraltar's B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price soared $121/mt, with the conventional price only up $20/mt. This lifted Gibraltar's premium over conventional VLSFO to $403/mt. Lisbon's B30-VLSFO price climbed $33/mt but is now $85/mt below Gibraltar's. B100 in Portugal's Sines is $1,779/mt. Singapore's B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price rose $21/mt, while the conventional price jumped $8/mt.
China's UCOME cargo price fell $15/mt, affecting Singapore's biofuel bunker prices. Singapore's bio-blended bunker sales increased 6% to 38,000 mt in July, after three months of decline. Vitol Bunkers supplied 247 mt of VLSFO co-processed with CNSL to the Scion Mathilda in Singapore. Sunoil Biodiesel operates its Birjo II barge on B100 after converting it in May.
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