Antwerp-Bruges bunker sales rise 5% on the quarter as VLSFO jumps

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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges sold 2.16 million metric tons of bunker fuel in the third quarter, up 5% from the previous quarter and its highest quarterly volume since Q1 of the prior year. Its sales also exceeded Rotterdam’s, while very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) prices rose.

Antwerp-Bruges sold 2.16 million mt of bunker fuel in the third quarter, up 5% from 2.05 million mt in the second, port authority data shows. That was the port’s highest quarterly volume since the first quarter of last year. Antwerp-Bruges also sold more bunker fuel than Rotterdam in the third quarter. Port of Rotterdam data ...