FEATURE: The Bunker Industry's 2020 Fell Flat For All the Wrong Reasons by Jack Jordan, Managing Editor, Ship & Bunker Thursday January 7, 2021 No-one said 2020 was supposed to be an easy year for the bunker industry. A host of problems were expected last year: quality issues with the new fuels, a price shock worsening access to credit, and suppliers being forced out of business. A pandemic, coinciding with a collapse in OPEC's control of the oil markets, was not expected. “ The industry now has to balance recovering from the COVID-19 era quickly with investing in the shift to zero-carbon fuels. Heading into 2021, the bunker industry is left in a much more consolidated state, with the largest suppliers and largest ports clinging on to a bigger slice of a slightly smaller global market.