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2025-04-07MABUX: Global bunker indices to decline further on Apr.07.
MABUX World Bunker Index (as index calculated based on current prices for 380 HSFO, VLSFO and MGO, saw a sharp decline on Apr.04:
380 HSFO - USD/MT - 482.65 (-22.42)
VLSFO - USD/MT – 564.16 (-21.03)
MGO - USD/MT – 748.54 (-21.97)
As of Apr.04, the MABUX Market Differential Index (MDI), which monitors the correlation between market bunker prices (MBP) and the MABUX Digital Bunker Price Benchmark (DBP), showed the following trends across key ports: Rotterdam, Singapore, Fujairah, and Houston:
• HSFO segment: Singapore shifted to the overcharged zone, becoming the only overcharged port, with a premium increase by $11. The other three ports were undercharged, with underpricing narrowing by $1 in Rotterdam and $25 in Houston, while staying unchanged in Fujairah. Rotterdam and Singapore remained close to a 100% correlation mark between MBP and DBP.
• VLSFO segment: All ports stayed in the undercharge zone. Underpricing narrowed by $3 in Rotterdam, $6 in Fujairah, and $30 in Houston, while Singapore saw a slight increase of $1 in its margin.
• MGO LS segment: Rotterdam remained the only overcharged port, with its premium widening by $3. The other three ports continued to be undercharged, with the discount widening by $10 in Singapore but narrowing by $20 in Fujairah and $31 in Houston. Notably, Fujairah’s MDI dropped below the $100 mark.
We expect Global bunker indices to continue declining on Apr.07: 380 HSFO – minus 10-20 USD/MT, VLSFO – minus 10-20 USD/MT, MGO LS – minus 10-25 USD/MT.
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