LNG Bunker Snapshot: Rotterdam’s price rises on higher bunker premiums
Rotterdam’s LNG bunker price has climbed on the back of higher bunker premiums, while Singapore’s price has risen amid broader demand growth driven by soaring temperatures across East Asia.
Weekly changes in LNG bunker prices:
- Rotterdam up by $13/mt to $732/mt
- Singapore up by $7/mt at $723/mt
Rotterdam
Rotterdam’s LNG bunker price has increased to $732/mt after two straight weeks of decline. The rise was primarily fuelled by a nearly 12% jump in LNG bunker premiums, which climbed from around $119/mt to $133/mt.
Meanwhile, the front-month Dutch TTF Natural Gas contract—a key benchmark for the European gas market—remained largely unchanged during the same period.
Singapore
Singapore’s LNG bunker price has increased by $7/mt over the past week, driven by “expectations of continued heatwaves” in East Asia, according to the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC).
Major East Asian countries like Japan and South Korea usually import more LNG for power generation when air condition demand increases in the summer. Temperatures typically get higher between June and September.
“Japanese and South Korean power generators have been active in the market as power demand surges due to higher summer temperatures,” ANZ Bank’s senior commodity strategist Daniel Hynes noted.
“Sizzling heatwaves in China are supporting some demand recovery in the world's largest gas importing country,” Greg Molnár, gas analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA), added.
“Geopolitical factors, such as the prospect of the Trump administration strengthening sanctions against Russia, also contributed to the rise,” JOGMEC also pointed out.
LNG bunker prices in the region are generally linked to the NYMEX Japan/Korea Marker (JKM), which saw its front-month contract rise by $0.12/MMBtu to $12.00/MMBtu, equivalent to $624/mt, during the same period.
Singapore’s previous marginal $3/mt discount to Rotterdam has widened to around $9/mt within a week.
As of 27 July, LNG inventories for power generation in Japan stood at 1.79 million mt, down by 130,000 mt from the previous week, according to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Other LNG bunker news
Dutch bunker supplier Titan Clean Fuels recently supplied liquefied biomethane (LBM) in unspecified quantities to two LNG dual-fuel vessels at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. The company also delivered an undisclosed amount of LNG to the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s superyacht at the Cruise Port Terminal in Amsterdam.
Meanwhile, Chinese shipbuilder Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering has begun building the first of two LNG bunkering vessels ordered by London-based Avenir LNG.
In the United States, Representatives Laurel Lee and August Pfluger have introduced legislation aimed at easing “regulatory burdens” on LNG bunkering operations.
At the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, LNG sales have surged more than fourfold in the first half of 2025, reaching 117,000 metric tonnes, according to port authority data.
LNG-capable vessels continue to dominate new alternative fuel-capable orders, accounting for 22 of the 28 recorded in DNV’s database for July.
By Tuhin Roy
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