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2025-02-04

MABUX: Global bunker market to trend higher on Feb.04.

MABUX World Bunker Index (as index calculated based on current prices for 380 HSFO, VLSFO and MGO), changed sideways on Feb.03:

380 HSFO - USD/MT - 529.85 (-2.75)

VLSFO - USD/MT – 620.19 (-0.17)

MGO - USD/MT – 785.99 (+0.80)

As of Feb.03, the MABUX Market Differential Index (MDI), monitoring the correlation between market bunker prices (MBP) and the MABUX Digital Bunker Price Benchmark (DBP), observed the following trends across key ports: Rotterdam, Singapore, Fujairah, and Houston:

• HSFO segment: Singapore remained the only overcharged port, with the overcharge rising by $2. The other three ports were undercharged, with the gap narrowing by $1 in Rotterdam, Fujairah and Houston. The MDI in Rotterdam remained unchanged.

• VLSFO segment: Rotterdam and Singapore were in the overcharge zone, with margins increasing by $8 in Rotterdam but decreasing by $1 in Singapore. Fujairah and Houston stayed undercharged, with the discount shrinking by $9 and $2, respectively. The MDI in Singapore neared a 100-percent correlation mark between MBP and DBP.

• MGO LS segment: All four selected ports were undercharged. The underprice increased by $4 in Singapore, $5 in Fujairah, and $22 in Houston. The MDI in Rotterdam remained unchanged, with both Rotterdam and Singapore nearing full correlation between MBP and DBP, while Fujairah still remained slightly below the $100 mark.

We expect Global bunker market to trend higher on Feb.04: 380 HSFO – plus 1-3 USD/MT, VLSFO – plus 2-4 USD/MT, MGO LS – plus 3-8 USD/MT.

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