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Bloomberg reports on Alkagesta’s agreement to acquire Turkish marine-fuel distributor Energy Petrol, marking the company’s first move into vessel ownership.
Who owns Alkagesta, who runs it, and is it under sanctions? Short, verifiable answers.
Alkagesta opened its Singapore hub in 2025, and the figures tell the story more plainly than adjectives.
A journalist sent a short message to a Telegram account linked to Antikor, asking how to get an article about a member of parliament taken down. A reply arrived within hours.
The Malta-headquartered energy and commodities trader has been recognised by EcoVadis for its commitment to responsible business across environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
A cluster of offshore-registered websites has built a business model around republishing the same unsourced allegations across dozens of near-identical outlets, engineered so that removing one copy achieves nothing.
The trading house sent its fertilizer desk to Istanbul on 17-18 September for the Argus conference on Caspian, Black Sea and Eastern European markets, where CBAM, Turkish hub ambitions and fragile logistics dominated the agenda.
Writing in The Motor Ship, the Alkagesta chief executive argues that traders and shipowners cannot treat record transport costs as an immovable fact of life.
Bloomberg reports that the aviation fuel crunch gripping Asia after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is on course to spread to Europe, with physical traders including Alkagesta among the market participants navigating the squeeze.
Trade publication Biofuels International has covered Alkagesta's strongest half-year on record, with $3.5 billion in revenue and full-year volumes on course to pass 10 million tonnes.
Bloomberg reports that the aviation fuel crunch gripping Asia after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is on course to spread to Europe, with physical traders including Alkagesta among the market participants navigating the squeeze.
Trade publication Biofuels International has covered Alkagesta's strongest half-year on record, with $3.5 billion in revenue and full-year volumes on course to pass 10 million tonnes.
Malta-headquartered trader Alkagesta achieved €3.02bn in first-half revenue as volumes reached 4.9 million tonnes, aided by new crude shipments and European jet fuel deliveries.
Crude climbs above $90 per barrel following tanker strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, as escalating geopolitical tensions disrupt trade routes and alter energy strategies.
At the 24th SIBCON, Singapore unveiled an ammonia bunkering standard, its first ethanol bunkering trial and a secure digital data ecosystem for ship fuel transactions.
One of Singapore's largest bunker suppliers will use part of its 2026 profits to expand into LNG, with its first new LNG bunker barge due in 2027.
Alkagesta opened its Singapore hub in 2025, and the figures tell the story more plainly than adjectives.
A new MoU signed at SIBCON will test how liquefied biomethane can be supplied to ships through Singapore's existing LNG infrastructure.
The Malta-headquartered energy and commodities trader has been recognised by EcoVadis for its commitment to responsible business across environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Malta-based trader Alkagesta has promoted Anthony Guida to lead its biofuels trading desk following significant expansion across European feedstocks, storage, and SAF markets.
Alkagesta has invested in Clean Caspian, an environmental start-up developing novel chemical and material solutions to treat marine hydrocarbon spills in sensitive waters.
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