Petrospot Limited

Leading the way in market intelligence and professional development for the global marine fuels industry.

Publishing

Petrospot publishes Bunkerspot, the world’s foremost magazine and online news service on the technical, operational, commercial, legal and environmental aspects of bunkering. It also publishes the Bunkerspot Price Index (BPi) which provides daily bunker prices and historical price information across the key fuel grades at 350+ ports, as well as oil and gas futures prices. See www.bunkerspot.com.

Petrospot publishes some of the world’s most authoritative books and e-books on bunker fuels, LNG bunkering, marine lubes, shipping, shipping law, risk management and marine surveying. See www.petrospot.com/books. And a series of in-depth up-to-date Port Reports, focused on port developments, particularly in the bunkering sector. See www.bunkerspot.com/port-reports.

The company also has an active consultancy, PR and marketing division offering bespoke solutions to the maritime industry, such as closed-door round table meetings and in-house consultancy.

Training

Through the Petrospot Academy, the company offers some of the world’s most highly-respected training courses, including the Oxford Bunker Course, the Oxford Bunker Course (Advanced), An Introduction to Shipping, An Introduction to LNG Bunkering, Managing Bunker Claims and Bunker Trading and Operations, all endorsed by the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and recognised by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) as contributing to continuing professional development.

Petrospot also runs in-house training around the world for government departments and private companies. Petrospot also runs the unique hands-on bunker training course, BUNKEREXPERIENCE, in Rotterdam, Singapore and Panama. With the Malta Petroleum Training Academy, it runs the annual Bunker Sales & Trading, Price Risk Management and Operations course in Malta.

Events

Petrospot organises some of the biggest and most popular shipping and bunkering events in the world, including Maritime Week Americas (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Panama, Cartagena), Maritime Week Africa (Cape Town, Accra), the Middle East Bunkering Convention (Dubai), Maritime Week Gibraltar (Gibraltar), ARACON (Rotterdam), The Maritime Symposium: Chile (Santiago and Valparaiso) and the Marine Energy Transition Forum (Antwerp).

Shipping Innovation

Via Shipping Innovation, a 50/50 partnership with Elaborate Communications, Petrospot organises London International Shipping Week (LISW) in London, European Shipping Week (ESW) in Brussels, Portugal Shipping Week (PSW) in Lisbon, the International Shipowning and Shipmanagement Summit (ISSS) in London and Singapore and the International Maritime Forum (IMF) in Liverpool.