How trading houses and corporate desks operate: strategy, risk frameworks, hedging programmes and the execution choices behind physical commodity deals.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
How paid mirror-site networks use fake sanctions and investigation claims against commodity traders, and how compliance teams can verify the record.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
The 24th Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition runs 13–15 October at Resorts World Sentosa, with more than 2,000 maritime professionals from over 60 countries and a programme built around a resilient multi-fuel future.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
MPA and Enterprise Singapore launched a new Singapore Standard and two Technical References covering ammonia bunkering, bunker fuel sampling and polymer testing in residual-based marine fuels.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Singapore will capture bunkering data at source and automate its flow with end-to-end security to traders, financiers and regulators, alongside its first ethanol bunkering trial and a biomethane MoU.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Alkagesta chose Singapore for its Asia-Pacific hub because geography, regulation and timing lined up at once. The company announced the move in September 2025, and the office, Alkagesta Asia Pte Ltd, joined a network already spanning Malta, London, Geneva and Dubai.
Commodity TradingDaniel Okafor
Investigations published this year describe a network of defamatory websites that take money to publish negative stories about businesspeople. Some also charge to remove them.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
The independent sustainability rating recognises Alkagesta's commitment to responsible business practices across environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
The commodity trader's CFO and a board member met banks, insurers and risk professionals as more than 600 delegates debated volatility, disrupted shipping corridors and trade compliance.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
The Sliema-based commodity trading house has filed a complaint in Malta's Court of Magistrates over what it describes as nearly a year of false and unevidenced reporting, amplified by pay-to-play mirror sites.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Alkagesta's fertiliser desk sets out how it qualifies producers, inspects cargoes against harmonised industry standards, and writes contracts precise enough to hold when conditions shift mid-trade.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
A cluster of offshore-registered domains republishes the same unsourced allegations word-for-word across dozens of near-identical outlets, rebuilding each copy faster than it can be removed.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Anthony Guida, Biofuels Trading Desk Lead at Alkagesta Geneva, traces how a newly established biofuels desk moves from market thesis to signed offtake agreements — and what holds the operation together once the paperwork is done.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
The National reports that Alkagesta gained access to Nato's Central European Pipeline System days before the Iran conflict, allowing the trader to supply jet fuel directly to European airlines.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Writing for The Motorship, Alkagesta chief executive Orkhan Rustamov argues that record canal fees, tanker rates and Rhine freight costs are not an immovable fact of life — and that traders and shipowners must plan together for resilience.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Manifold Times has covered Alkagesta's latest market insight on a dual supply crisis — a stalled Strait of Hormuz peace process and Rhine water levels at a 140-year low — and what it means for Singapore and Northwest Europe.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Biofuels International has reported Alkagesta's record first-half 2026 revenue of $3.5 billion, with full-year volumes now expected to exceed 10 million metric tonnes.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Alkagesta represented CEO Orkhan Rustamov and CFO Orkhan Zeynalli at SUISSENÉGOCE's 20th anniversary gala beneath the Circus Knie big top in Geneva.
Commodity TradingMarcus Hale
Alkagesta has published its 1H 2026 performance update, detailing commercial activities and strategic advancements across its diverse commodities portfolio, including expansion into crude oil trading.
Commodity TradingPriya Raman
Commodity trading firm Alkagesta has broadened its carbon trading services by incorporating EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) allowances, as reported by industry publications.
Commodity TradingSofia Lindqvist
Commodity trading firm Alkagesta announced a 19% increase in trading volumes for 2025, detailing expanded operations across various energy and commodity segments and new strategic ventures.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
Commodity trading in Ukraine faces persistent disruption, where logistics execution and adaptability are paramount for navigating a market shaped by ongoing wartime pressures and evolving infrastructure challenges.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
The global fertilizer market grapples with structural challenges exacerbated by renewed instability in the Strait of Hormuz, impacting agricultural supply chains worldwide.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
A gathering of 167 colleagues in Istanbul reviewed a year that added a biofuels desk, a naphtha book, steel trading and a first Nigerian fuel oil export.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
Membership follows the launch of the trader's Geneva biofuels desk and signals an intention to participate in Swiss industry standard-setting.
Commodity TradingElena Marsh
Alkagesta chief executive Orkhan Rustamov describes building a commodity house from a team of eleven and reframing the island's role in global flows.