Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Global B30-VLSFO prices gain on VLSFO price in International Shipping News 21/02/2026 ARA and Gibraltar Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price and Antwerp’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has gained over the last week. Rotterdam’s conventional VLSFO price has increased $34/mt during the last week, while Antwerp’s VLSFO price has increased $29/mt. These rises may have supported the rise in the B30-VLSFO prices. The Prima Markets-assessed ARA POMOME and UCOME barge prices have inched just $4/mt higher over the same period. Antwerp’s blend price now holds a $54/mt premium over Rotterdam, narrowing from a $67/mt premium seen last week. Biofuel deliveries in the ARA may take around 7-10 days of lead time, a trader said. Gibraltar’s B30-VLSFO price has increased $36/mt over the last week. Congestion caused at the port due to rough weather over the past few weeks has now cleared, port agent MH Bland said. Supplies of B30-VLSFO blend in the port may take around 10 days of lead time, a trader told ENGINE. Singapore and Fujairah Singapore B30-VLSFO price has also gained $48/mt over the last week, its price premium over the port’s conventional VLSFO has gained by $12/mt over the same period. Prima-assessed UCOME China barge prices, which are closely related to Singapore’s blend prices, have remained unchanged over the same period. Fujairah’s B30-VLSFO price has gained by $39/mt over the same period, Its premium over Singapore’s blend price has decreased $9/mt over the last week. Separately, Singapore’s bio-blended bunker sales declined 34% to 60,000 mt in January, data from the Maritime Port Authority said this week. In other biofuels news Biofuel bunker activity across the Americas accounted for around 5% of global biofuel bunker deliveries in 2025, an analysis of ENGINE’s fuel quality data showed this week. Source: By Nachiket Tekawade, ENGINE (https://www.engine.online/news) 2026-02-21 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