Trading, logistics & shipping

Trafigura

Global commodity merchant connecting producers and consumers through physical trading, storage, shipping, logistics, and operating assets.

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BTU Graph brief

Trafigura sits at the commercial and physical handoff between commodity origin and demand, combining market positions with freight, storage, blending, infrastructure, and financing.

What Trafigura does

Trafigura originates, trades, stores, blends, transports, and delivers oil, petroleum products, natural gas, power, metals, and other commodities across international markets.

Shipping, chartering, logistics infrastructure, and energy-transition investments support the merchant business. Its role is not simply financial trading; physical execution and credit are part of the operating system.

Capabilities

01Commodity origination
02Physical trading
03Storage and blending
04Shipping and chartering
05Logistics infrastructure

Where it fits

Works with
  • Producers
  • Refiners
  • Utilities
  • Industrial buyers
  • Governments
Energy markets
  • Oil
  • Refined products
  • Natural gas
  • LNG
  • Power
  • Metals
Operating regions
  • Global
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Sources and evidence

Company facts below are paraphrased from the linked sources. BTU Graph's classification and analysis are editorial; inclusion is not an endorsement or customer claim.

  1. 01
    Trafigura — What We Do

    Trafigura's business overview supports its commodities, supply-chain services, logistics, and transition activities.

    Company portfolio page · accessed Sep 4, 2026
  2. 02
    Trafigura 2025 Annual Report

    The annual report documents current commercial divisions, operating assets, and international footprint.

    Company annual report · accessed Sep 4, 2026