CORRECTION: First half LNG sales at record highs in Antwerp-Bruges

Antwerp-Bruges’ LNG sales have more than quadrupled to 117,000 mt in the first six months of 2025, port authority data shows.

CORRECTION: We wrote that MGO sales were down by 4% on the year. It should have been up 7%.

Over 88,000 mt of this was sold in the second quarter of the year, which was by far the best sales quarter on record.

Combined sales for the first two quarters of the year contributed to only 3% of the port’s total bunker sales, but it was a significant increase from the 28,000 mt sold during the first half of last year.

LNG sales have gradually increased from 17,000 mt in the first half of 2023, and just 900 mt sold in the first half of 2022.

Combined first-half fuel oil sales were at 3.15 million mt, up 7% from the corresponding period last year, and accounting for around 76% of the total bunker sales.

Out of total fuel sales, HSFO’s share climbed up to 30%, compared to 24% a year earlier, while VLSFO’s share fell to 28%, from 36% last year.

ULSFO’s contribution was unchanged at 6%.

Suppliers sold 788,000 mt of MGO in the port in the first half of the year. That was up 7% from the 735,000 mt sold a year earlier, and accounted for 19% of total sales.

A total of 84,000 mt of biofuel was also sold in the first half, up from nothing recorded a year earlier.

By Nachiket Tekawade

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