Bunker prices @ noon, September 5

The latest bunker prices for the shipping industry are as follows:

  • $820 per metric tonne (MT) for high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO).
  • $904 MT for very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).

Cockett Marine Oil South Africa reports adequate availability of both HSFO and VLSFO.

In the markets, gold was at $1 740.93 an ounce, the rand exchange rate was R17.35 to the dollar, R19.91 to the pound, R17.19 to the euro, and a barrel of Brent crude cost $96.53.