Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO premium over Rotterdam narrows in International Shipping News 17/02/2026 Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has dipped modestly in the last week, while Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has seen a much steeper fall. A $9/mt fall in the port’s conventional VLSFO price could have added some downward pressure on Antwerp’s price. The decline in prices at both ports is despite Prima-assessed ARA POMEME and UCOME barge prices increasing by $27/mt in the past week. Consequently, Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO price now holds a $67/mt premium over Rotterdam, narrowing considerably from a $90/mt observed last week. Unlike Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price, Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price is rebated by Dutch suppliers who can generate ZRE units from renewable biofuel bunker sales. Separately, the data from the port authority of Antwerp-Bruges said suppliers sold a total of 151,000 mt of bio-bunkers in 2025. Biofuel sales slowed down towards the end of the year, when a 80% quarterly drop in sales was seen. Meanwhile, Gibraltar’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has also slipped $20/mt in the past week. The port is facing fresh disruptions with the Gibraltar Port Authority suspending all operations, shipping agent A Mateos & Sons said. The port is facing winds of around 40 knots and waves higher than 2 metres. Suppliers are already facing backlogs from previous disruptions and around 26 vessels currently await bunkers at the port, port agent MH Bland said. South America Rio Grande’s B30-VLSFO price has slipped around $10/mt over the last week. Its premium over conventional VLSFO price has dipped $5/mt during the same period. The port’s B30-VLSFO is trading at an $82/mt premium over its VLSFO price. Separately, Brazil’s state-controlled energy major Petrobras announced that its headquarters will be closed for bunker sales activities from 16–18 February due to the Carnival holiday. Fujairah and Singapore Singapore’s B30-VLSFO price has fallen by $24/mt in the last week, almost four times more than the difference in Fujairah’s B30-VLSFO price from last week. As a consequence, Singapore’s discount to Fujairah has almost doubled to $36/mt over the same period. A $19/mt fall in Singapore’s conventional VLSFO price has probably weighed on the blend’s price. Prima-assessed UCOME China barge price, which is closely connected to the blend’s price, has remained unchanged during the period. Source: ENGINE, https://www.engine.online/news 2026-02-17 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share