You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence World News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features World Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips Orderbook Bunker Demand Up 10% Since July: Conventional Oil Still Dominates, Methanol Slips by Martyn Lasek, Managing Director, Ship & Bunker Tuesday October 13, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker Implied fuel demand of the global orderbook up 10.3% since July to 64.2 million mt a year Implied LNG demand up 12.3% to 16.9 million mtoe , conventional oil bunkers up 11.1% to 40.2 million mt Methanol-capable ships on order up from 264 to 274 but their implied demand slips  3.6% to 3.8 million mtoe . Methanol-capable boxships on order fall from 129 to 113 as LNG-capable boxships rise from 470 to 531 7,305 ships on order, 1,186 of them LNG-capable and 274 methanol-capable The implied bunker demand of the world's orderbook has risen by more than 10% in three months, but methanol demand is the only fuel category to have fallen in that time, according to Ship & Bunker analysis of the latest Clarksons Research orderbook data. Implied demand from ships on order at the start of October is about 64.2 million mtoe  a year once delivered, up from 58.2 million mtoe for the orderbook at the start of July, with about 650 more ships on order, taking the total to 7,305 . The figures combine Clarksons' orderbook data shared with Ship & Bunker with the latest fuel consumption per deadweight tonne that each type and size of ship reported to the IMO's Data Collection System ( DCS ) for 2025 . Demand data for alternative fuels is expressed on a metric tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe) basis. Conventionally fuelled tonnage still dominates, at 40.2 m