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The island nation of Mauritius has become an increasingly popular refuelling stop for commercial cargo vessels avoiding the Middle East due to the Iran war.<\/p>\n
Bunker calls at Port Louis Harbour in the Indian Ocean surged to 294 vessels in March, a 42% increase from 207 the previous month before the conflict, according to the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA).<\/p>\n
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The amount of fuel the ships loaded jumped to 109 708 tonnes from 69 680 tonnes during the same period.<\/p>\n
Shipping routes are adjusting not only to security risks, but to shifts in demand for oil, gas, and other products due to the disruption of flows from the Middle East.<\/p>\n
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Soaring fuel prices have resulted in\u00a0atypical\u00a0shipments around the world, and that also changes where the vessels stop to resupply.<\/p>\n
Mauritius, located in the middle of shipping traffic steaming between Asia and the southern tip of Africa, experienced a previous rise in bunkering between 2023 and last year, when ships looked to avoid attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea.<\/p>\n
Fuel sales at Port Louis nearly doubled, reaching a million tonnes in 2025, according to the ports authority.<\/p>\n
Around the Cape of Good Hope, the amount of vessels stopping at Namibia\u2019s Port of Walvis Bay for ship-to-ship bunkering is also on the rise. Those operations can be supplied by offshore logistics and aren\u2019t dependent on onshore storage.<\/p>\n
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For now, bunker suppliers and oil companies at Port Louis have been able to meet increased demand and storage capacity remains adequate, a spokesman for MPA said. Most is stored in and distributed from floating barges.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDepending on the evolution of the Middle East conflict, which could affect the activities of some bunker operators, there could be some constraints on bunker supply,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n
The harbour outlined additional storage facilities in a 2024 master plan and land has been earmarked for the project, according to the MPA.<\/p>\n
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