Global Marine Fuels Report

Physical Bulk and Bunker Fuel Pricing and News for Asia, Europe and the Americas

Global Shipping Market Outlook and Bunker Fuel Pricing

The Global Marine Fuels Report includes price assessments for 0.5% VLSFO and high-sulfur bulk and bunkering fuels in the most important ports around the world. The OPIS BTU Indicator helps buyers plan cost-effective fuel purchases by calculating the energy content in the new 0.5% VLSFO compared with legacy high-sulfur marine fuels. Also featured are exclusive OPIS benchmarked ULSD rack prices for key North American markets, plus ULSD spot prices for Gulf Coast, New York Barge, Los Angeles, and the Pacific Northwest.

The Global Marine Fuels Report also includes the most up to date daily fixtures of fuel oil, vacuum gasoil, and other marine fuel blending components cargoes.

Easily track marine cargo and bunker fuel prices for Asia, Europe and the Americas with this concise report featuring at-a-glance tables and charts. Download a sample report and see for yourself.

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Learn more about OPIS Global Marine Fuels Report Pricing:

Key Features & Benefits

  • This report is a “one-stop shop” for key marine bunker fuel prices in the most important regions, presented with handy tables, charts and graphs for at-a-glance reading. Get the bunker fuel pricing information you need to take quick action.
  • In Asia, prices for 0.5% VLSFO, 380 CST HSFO, and MGO are reported for the key ports of Singapore; Fujairah; Chiba, Japan; Busan, South Korea; Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Zhoushan, China.
  • In Europe, you’ll find 0.5% VLSFO, HSFO, and DMA prices out of these essential ports: Rotterdam; Antwerp; Hamburg; Istanbul; Gibraltar and Piraeus.
  • In the Americas, prices for all the above products plus LT cycle oil and LNG in Houston; New York; New Orleans; Savannah; Los Angeles; Seattle; Panama; Philadelphia; Norfolk; Vancouver, Canada; Manzanillo, Mexico; Veracruz, Mexico and Valparaiso, Mexico.
  • Only found in the OPIS report! OPIS benchmarked ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) rack prices in key North American markets, plus ULSD spot prices for Gulf Coast, New York Barge, Los Angeles, and the Pacific Northwest.
  • BTU Indicator: Plan the most cost-effective fuel purchase by calculating the energy content in the new 0.5% VLSFO compared to your previous bunker fuel.
  • Evaluate compliance options, source fuel and make cost-effective operating decisions. This report is beneficial for ship owners and operators, refiners, bunker fuel buyers, procurement mangers, traders, brokers, and professionals at integrated fuel companies and marine departments.
  • Budget friendly. Pare down the data you receive to the most important prices and ports needed to monitor the transitioning marine fuel market.
  • Trust OPIS price assessments because they are based on transactional data that occurs over the course of the entire trading day. Indicative prices for 0.5% VLSFO are based on a formula that relies on price assessments calculated on a full day’s trading. And when the new fuel spec starts trading, OPIS will report on its true market value as we do with all other fuel prices we report.
  • Easily get answers to your questions because every report issue includes contact information for our market editors. Help is only an email or phone call away.
  • Diesel rack pricing is also available if you need to monitor wholesale prices.
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Introducing new Decarbonization supplement

OPIS has expanded its daily Global Marine Fuels Report to offer transparent price assessments for European carbon compliance costs as well as methanol bunker prices. Published in a new Decarbonization supplement, these prices include:

OPIS Europe Marine Cap-at-the-Port (CAP) prices: Designed to make the costs of complying with EU carbon regulations transparent, these assessments represent the price of paying for the emissions from 1 metric ton of various marine fuels that are obligated under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). These assessments are based on the price of EU ETS allowances (EUAs) and carbon emissions factors for marine fuel combustion.

Products: Daily (€/mt of fuel) and ($/mt of fuel) Cap-at-the-Port prices are published for: 

  • HFO Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • HFO Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LFO Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LFO Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LNG Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LNG Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LPG Butane Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LPG Butane Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LPG Propane Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • LPG Propane Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • Methanol Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • Methanol Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • MGO Jurisdiction EU CAP
  • MGO Non-Jurisdiction EU CAP

OPIS Grey Methanol Bunker prices: These weekly assessments are based on CMA’s grey methanol price assessments, plus storage and logistics costs needed to make methanol available as a marine fuel.  Weekly delivered $/mt prices are available for:

  • Houston Grey Methanol: Calculated based on the weekly FOB US Gulf Methanol Spot assessment in the OPIS Global Methanol – Weekly Market Report as well as storage and logistics costs.
  • Houston Grey Methanol VLSFO Equivalent: Price represents a calculated Houston VLSFO bunker fuel replacement cost. 
  • Rotterdam Grey Methanol: Calculated based on the weekly FOB NW Europe Methanol Spot T2 assessment in the OPIS Global Methanol – Weekly Market Report as well as storage and logistics costs.
  • Rotterdam Grey Methanol VLSFO Equivalent: Price represents a calculated Rotterdam VLSFO bunker fuel replacement cost. 
  • Singapore Grey Methanol: Calculated based on the weekly CFR SE Asia Methanol Spot assessment in the OPIS Global Methanol – Weekly Market Report as well as storage and logistics costs.
  • Singapore Grey Methanol VLSFO Equivalent: Price represents a calculated Singapore VLSFO bunker fuel replacement cost. 
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