Bunkering has always been a logistical exercise. When familiar routes close off, the decisions become more complex.

In Episode 2 of The Wayfinder Podcast, host Nicholas Arthur sits down with AB Naga, Regional Supply Manager for Africa, the Middle East, and India at Sing Fuels and African Regional Board member for the International Bunker Industry Association, to talk through what bunkering in a disrupted market actually looks like on the ground.

With more vessels rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope, ports that rarely appeared in procurement conversations have become critical waypoints almost overnight. Naga breaks down how the supply map has shifted, which ports absorbed the surge in demand, and why operators who chased the lowest price often paid for it elsewhere.

The conversation covers supplier due diligence, cancellation clauses, compliance risk, weather-dependent supply windows, and why Africa's port infrastructure was never built to absorb this kind of volume.

A practical, experience-led conversation for anyone navigating bunkering strategy when the route isn't what it used to be.

The Wayfinder Podcast facilitates direct, experience-led conversations with maritime leaders, operators, and Sofar Ocean experts on how the shipping industry navigates risk, volatility, and an increasingly unpredictable ocean.