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Fuel Switch Snapshot

Track alternative fuel prices against conventional fuels, so you know when to make the switch.

Fuel Switch Snapshot

[Example snapshot from March 2024]

Despite the EU Emissions Trading System’s (EU ETS) tax on carbon, burning HSFO, VLSFO or LSMGO and paying for the CO2 they emit still pays off when bio-blended alternatives are priced as high as they are today. However, as time goes on and penalties increase, the switch to alternative fuels becomes a question of when, not if.

ENGINE’s weekly Fuel Switch Snapshot provides an apples-to-apples comparison of bunker fuels on the market, so you can consider not only the outright price of the fuels, but also how far you can sail on them and what you will pay to burn them on EU-linked voyages.

Once a week, you will receive a snapshot of alternative and conventional bunker fuel prices in the world’s two biggest bunkering hubs. The prices will come adjusted for calorific contents – the bang for your buck – and with costs of emitting CO2 in the EU both included and excluded. This is to illustrate not just the effect of EU ETS on pricing, but also give you the best possible generalised comparison tool in these fast-changing times.

Subscribe to receive the report every week for free via the form. You can unsubscribe at any time.

 

 

ENGINE X achieves ISCC certification to trade sustainable biofuels

Global bunker trading firm ENGINE X has been certified by the renowned International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system to trade sustainable biofuels. 

The maritime industry is in the early days of a major decarbonisation effort, and when shipowners burn lower-carbon fuels they need to prove to regulators that these do indeed have lower emissions than full fossil ones.

A way to prove that a ship has been running on a more sustainable fuel is to show a Proof of Sustainability (PoS) to a verifier. A PoS must be issued by ISCC-certified (or cross-compliant) companies throughout the supply chain to keep it intact. Otherwise the chain is broken and emission reductions cannot be verified.

“ENGINE X is now all set to offer sustainable biofuels with Proof of Sustainability that our customers can show to verifiers to prove their emission reductions. This will be massively important for shipowners in the years and decades ahead, as the industry goes greener. We have mapped out dozens of bunker suppliers selling sustainable biofuels in ports around the world, to help clients identify trustworthy and legitimate sources for biofuel bunkering,” ENGINE X Supply Manager Sid Mishra says.

Make your compliance count

2024 marks the first year that ship emissions will be taxed in the EU. The least laborious way to rein in emissions and pay less for them is to burn sustainable biofuels, which qualify for a carbon factor of zero in the EU. This means that shipowners don’t have to pay to burn them.

But if you can’t prove that a biofuel is sustainable, you will have to pay full oil-emission price for it. It’s a question of cost-savings. Shipowners that opt to buy more expensive biofuels need to be able to prove to regulators that these fuels are actually sustainable, so that their decarbonisation efforts count towards their compliance record.

 

For further information or media-related queries, please contact:

Sid Mishra
Supply Manager
ENGINE X
Email: siddharth.m@engine-x.com
Phone: +65 9739 9507