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Alkagesta generated $3.5 billion in H1 2026 revenue as physical volumes expanded 53% to 4.9 million metric tonnes, driven by crude transactions, aviation fuel pipeline access, and tankage expansion.
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Alkagesta has published its 1H 2026 performance update, detailing entry into crude trading, European jet fuel deliveries via NATO infrastructure, and expanding Singapore marine fuel volumes.
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Alkagesta has entered the Argus Open Markets window for European biodiesel, HVO, and used cooking oil, expanding its role in regional sustainable fuel benchmark price assessments.
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Physical trader Alkagesta has entered the crude oil market after shipping a 1.07 million barrel cargo of CPC Blend to the Far East in Q2 2026, expanding its established energy and bulk portfolio.
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European gasoline prices surged in August 2026 as historic low water levels on the Rhine River blocked barge clearance and high-octane component deficits constrained blending activity.
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Severe logistical bottlenecks at key maritime choke points and critical low water levels on the Rhine are reshaping global fuel oil supply dynamics and pricing spreads.
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Malta's bunkering sector is undergoing a sharp shift from heavy fuel oil to distillates, driven by the Med ECA, reduced terminal capacity, and overlapping European climate regulations.
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Alkagesta CEO Orkhan Rustamov argues in City A.M. that ongoing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz mark a permanent shift in energy market risk, citing UAE and Iraq pipeline accelerations.
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Renewed geopolitical tension in the Strait of Hormuz and low Rhine water levels in Europe are driving fuel oil price swings and logistical bottlenecks across key trading hubs.
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Amid ongoing conflict and infrastructure disruption, commodity trading in Ukraine demands multi-modal logistics redundancy, strict compliance, and risk management over conventional price negotiation.
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Global naphtha markets face a structural petrochemical downcycle balanced by strong gasoline blending demand, as oversupply and plant closures reshape international arbitrage routes.
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Malta's bunkering market experienced significant structural shifts in 2026 as Med ECA enforcement and local terminal constraints reshaped marine fuel demand and infrastructure dynamics across the Mediterranean.
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Alkagesta has added EU ETS allowances to its carbon trading desk, linking allowance procurement with CORSIA-eligible SAF, biofuels, and physical supply across international energy markets.
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Alkagesta joined public and private sector leaders in Zurich to discuss energy resilience, logistics corridor modernization, and strategic infrastructure rebuilding in Ukraine.
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Alkagesta sends senior leadership to IATA’s Paris forum, highlighting its expanding jet fuel trading operations, SAF supply agreements, and strategic industry partnership.
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Alkagesta has promoted Anthony Guida to lead its biofuels desk following the expansion of its renewable supply chain, ISCC CORSIA certification, and midstream logistics integrations.
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Alkagesta posted a 19% rise in core trading volumes in 2025, driven by expanding international flows in distillates, light ends, heavy fuel oil, new jet fuel logistics, and biofuels.
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Global energy and bunker sectors face compound pressures from Middle Eastern shipping bottlenecks and record low Rhine water levels, according to industry analysis highlighted by Manifold Times.
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