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Market · Bunkers

Bunker Workbench

One fuel at one hub: price history with the shocks that moved it, where it sits in its range, and the live scrubber economics.

61
bunkering hubs

Port of Rotterdam · HSFO

$588/tas of 11 Jun 2026

HSFO at Port of Rotterdam sits in the upper half of its range, the 77th percentile of its trailing year, and easing off. It last traded at $588/t.

HSFO $/t forward central 50 / 80% range past shock
12-month outlook
random-walk cone
$463to$777
80% range · $/t
Price position
77th pct
in the upper half of its range
Seasonal timing
-0%
Sep vs trend · peak Apr, trough Dec
Scrubber economics
$83/t
Hi5 spread · ~1,010 days payback
Fuel complex · position in each grade's own year
0 = year's low · 100 = high
VLSFO
$670
81st
MGO
$1,049
77th
HSFO
$588
77th

All three grades sit high in their trailing-year range, and all easing.

Seasonal pattern

HSFO here typically runs dearest in April (+7%) and cheapest in December (-10%) a spring-peaking pattern.

dearer cheaper nowSeptember usually sits -0% vs trend: about average
How past shocks moved this fuel
  • Russia invades Ukraine+34%

Deep dated history is available for the major bunkering hubs shown above; current spot prices for the wider port network are on the price board. The forward cone is the current price carried flat with the range it has historically occupied over the same horizon. Bunker prices are close to a random walk, so the central line does not bend unless a model beat that naive baseline out-of-sample. Price position, volatility, seasonal and shock figures are descriptive reads of past history; none of this is investment advice. The Hi5 spread (VLSFO minus HSFO) is the fuel-cost edge a scrubber captures; the payback is indicative for a reference ship.

Bunker Workbench - Price History, Seasonality & Scrubber Economics - The Maritime