This training provides a clear introduction to the global maritime freight and bunkering ecosystem—a critical enabler of international trade. You’ll explore today’s bunker market dynamics, the shipping fleet outlook, and how marine fuel specifications, supply, and demand shape commercial decisions.

With a strong focus on refineries and bunkering fuels, we cover fuel oil quality and specifications (HFO, VLSFO, MGO and more), and the key drivers of bunker fuel pricing—including the relationship between bunkers and refined product markets (diesel/fuel oil crack dynamics), VLSFO blending economics, and Platts bunkering fuel price assessments.

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AGENDA

• Refineries & bunker fuel production flows: refinery yield, cutter stocks, residual vs distillate pathways, and implications for bunker availability
• Fuel oil quality & specifications (HFO, VLSFO, MGO): ISO 8217 basics, key parameters (viscosity, sulphur, cat fines, stability/compatibility), and operational impacts
• VLSFO blending economics & risk management: blend components, compatibility management, common failure modes, and best practices in procurement/handling
• Bunker pricing mechanics: bunker vs diesel/fuel oil crack dynamics, regional differentials, and key market linkages
• Price benchmarks & assessments: how Platts bunker fuel price assessments are constructed and used in contracts and negotiations
• Energy & climate scenarios: pathway discussion and 2060 outlook
• Shipping fleet outlook & energy demand (short- and long-term)
• Bunkering fuels supply outlook (short- and long-term)
• Bunkering infrastructure: status and readiness
• Emissions and evolving regulations: what’s changing and why it matters commercially