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

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 showed that suppliers there sold 1.8 million mt of conventional fuels, up 10% on the quarter. Rotterdam’s bio-bunker sales fell 38% to 154,000 mt. That put Rotterdam’s total bunker sales at around 1.95 million mt.

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