Exhibit 5.1


                                                 WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION
                                 9800 NW 41st Street, Suite 400, Miami, FL 33178
                                              tel 305.428.8000  fax 305.392.5600
                                                                 www.wfscorp.com


August 6, 2009


World Fuel Services Corporation
9800 NW 41st Street, Suite 400
Miami, Florida 33178

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I am  Senior  Counsel  and  Assistant  Corporate  Secretary  of World  Fuel
Services Corporation,  a Florida corporation (the "Company"),  and have acted in
such capacity in connection  with the  registration  under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"),  of 950,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's
common stock,  $.01 par value, to be offered pursuant to the World Fuel Services
Corporation 2006 Omnibus Plan, as amended and restated (the "Plan").

     In connection therewith, I have examined originals or copies,  certified or
otherwise  identified  to my  satisfaction,  of (i)  the  Restated  Articles  of
Incorporation of the Company and the By-Laws of the Company, each as amended and
restated,  (ii) the Plan,  (iii) all  pertinent  records of the  meetings of the
Board  of  Directors  and  shareholders  of the  Company  and  (iv)  such  other
documents,  instruments  and  corporate  records as I have deemed  necessary  or
appropriate  for the expression of the opinions  contained  herein.  I have also
examined the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the  "Registration
Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
to the Shares.

     I  have  assumed  the   authenticity   and  completeness  of  all  records,
certificates and other instruments submitted to me as originals,  the conformity
to  original  documents  of all  records,  certificates  and  other  instruments
submitted to me as copies, the authenticity and completeness of the originals of
those records,  certificates and other instruments submitted to me as copies and
the correctness of all statements of fact contained in all records, certificates
and other instruments that I have examined.

     Based on the foregoing,  and having regard for such legal considerations as
I have  deemed  relevant,  I am of the  opinion  that the Shares  have been duly
authorized  for issuance and,  when issued in  accordance  with the terms of the
Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     The opinions  expressed  herein relate solely to, are based solely upon and
are  limited  exclusively  to,  the  substantive  laws of the state of  Florida,
including  judicial  interpretations  of such laws and the  federal  laws of the
United States of America, to the extent applicable.
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     I hereby  consent  to the  filing  of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement. In giving such consent, I do not admit that I am in the
category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the Act or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.


                                          Very truly yours,

                                          /s/ Ada D. Sarmento

                                              Ada D. Sarmento