E-PORTS online intelligent ship bunkering service meets shipowners’digital needs

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According to the latest data, among the top ten ship bunkering ports in the world, Singapore ranks first in the world with absolute advantage. According to E-PORTS' bunkering data, the top ten bunkering ports in the world are Singapore Port, Rotterdam Port, Fujairah Port, Hong Kong Port, Zhoushan Port, Panama Port, Antwerp Port, Gibraltar Port and Los Angeles-Long Beach Port. There are more than 40 suppliers of marine oil in Singapore alone. Many shipowners who want to bunker here often have to call and email multiple suppliers for consultation, and spend a lot of time comparing prices and payment term.

In fact, shipowners are not only facing the problem of "how to quickly find cost-effective and reliable fuel suppliers" in Singapore. Many small and medium-sized shipowners have no fixed bunker locations. Bunkering in many unfamiliar or infrequent ports is always a big problem for these shipowners.

Based on E-PORTS’s past bunkering experience, a typical bunkering application requires more than 40 communications between relevant parties, including port agents, refueling brokers and third-party inspection agencies, etc., involving multiple independent financial transactions and a large number of administrative work to review account expenditures. On a per-port basis, on a global level, the ship bunkering supply chain is very complex, and the entire process requires manual operations, and low manual efficiency will lead to the unpredictability of the entire refueling process.

Fuel oil remains high in ship operating costs and is the core cost concern of shipping companies and shipowners; similarly, the timely and full recovery of fuel oil is the core concern of oil suppliers' business and trade. Especially in the current downturn in the shipping industry, shipowners and oil suppliers have urgent business needs.

E-PORTS provides fast online price comparison and credit payment for bunkering services.

As an intelligent service platform deeply involved in the shipping service industry, E-PORTS focuses on using the Internet, artificial intelligence, and big data to transform ship bunkering and even the entire shipping service process.‘Ship bunkering service’is one of the key areas of development.

First of all, the E-PORTS online intelligent ship bunkering service has moved the 'inquiry' process in the bunkering service process from the traditional telephone mode to online, allowing shipowners to say goodbye to the inefficient methods of making phone calls and sending emails. Shipowners only need to log in to the official website of E-PORTS at www.e-ports.com, click on Products and Services - Bunkering Service, select the bunkering port, oil product specifications, ship arrival time, etc., and can use the platform online to make inquiries and get the price quickly. Currently, E-PORTS fuel oil service ports are located all over the world, giving shipowners many choices.

Secondly, relying on the nature of the third-party service platform of the E-PORTS platform and cooperating with fuel supply companies, banks and other institutions, not only can cost-effective suppliers be quickly found, but also credit payments can be used.

In addition to improving bunkering efficiency, E-PORTS’ official public account and official website also provide free oil price inquiry services. Real-time oil prices at more than 300 major ports around the world can be checked online for free. For ports that are unfamiliar or infrequent, shipowners can also have a good understanding of local oil price dynamics.