Maritime shipping bunkered six times more bio-LNG in the Port of Rotterdam in 2025 compared to the previous year

Last year, maritime shipping bunkered 3,000 tonnes more fuel in Rotterdam than in 2024. In total, maritime shipping bunkered 9.8 million tonnes of fuel.

For the first time, vessels bunkered more than 1 million m³ of LNG in Rotterdam, including a growing volume of bio-LNG: 17,644 m³. This represents more than a sixfold increase compared to 2024, when the total amounted to 2,775 m³. The volume of biomethanol bunkered also rose sharply: 11,819 tonnes in 2025 compared with 3,946 tonnes the year before.

Bioblends

In addition, the total volume of all bioblended fuels decreased by 14% compared to 2024. From Q3 2025 onwards, however, volumes began to climb again following the dip in 2024.

This decline in the second half of 2024 was caused by increased availability of bioblended fuels in Asia, after the European Union imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese biodiesel.

Practical test with ammonia bunkering

In April 2025, the first ship-to-ship ammonia transfer took place in the Port of Rotterdam, at a terminal quay. This marks an important step in preparing the port for vessels that will sail on green ammonia in the future and wish to bunker this fuel in Rotterdam.