Marine Fuel Daily — 12 October 2026

Rotterdam HSFO at $659/mt is the cheapest on the board; Fujairah HSFO at $711.50/mt. The spread is $52.50/mt. On a 1,200-tonne stem that is $63,000 of headline difference. Against that: one day of deviation on a mid-size hull at $15,000/day hire is $15,000, plus the fuel burned getting there. The arithmetic is shown; the decision is yours.

Elsewhere: Los Angeles HSFO jumped $115/mt to $950/mt. Hamburg MGO fell $272.50/mt to $1,444.50/mt. Valencia MGO fell $173/mt to $1,552.50/mt. Brent at $103.46/bbl; WTI at $90.58/bbl; EU carbon at €86.94/tonne.

The market is watching Hormuz, tanker freight out of India, and Fujairah fuel oil inventories — up 5% in October so far per the trade press. Nothing further is asserted on these topics.