Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Conventional fuel gains lift B30 prices

Sharp B100 price rise in Rotterdam

Antwerp’s biofuel volumes drop year-on-year

Multiple shipping firms report biofuel use in 2025

Europe

Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has gained $28/mt in the last week, possibly supported by an $18/mt increase in the Dutch port’s conventional VLSFO price over the same period.

The port's B30-LSMGO (POMEME) price has increased $70/mt during the week, while the port’s conventional LSMGO price has seen a sharper $104/mt increase. Consequently, the B30-LSMGO bunker price premium over conventional LSMGO has narrowed by $34/mt in that period.

The Dutch port’s B100 price has gained $56/mt in the last week to $1,387/mt.

Meanwhile, Prima Markets-assessed POMEME and UCOME barge prices have both gained $49/mt in the past week, to $1,797/mt and $1,727/mt, respectively.

Separately, biofuel bunker volumes in Antwerp-Bruges dropped 36% on the year to 27,000 mt in the second quarter, port authority data showed.

Gibraltar’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has increased $38/mt in the past week, and its price premium over Lisbon’s B30-VLSFO price has narrowed by $17/mt to $25/mt.

Lisbon’s B30-LSMGO price has surged $130/mt during the week, while the B100 price in the Portuguese port has gained $50/mt to $1,835/mt.

Piraeus' B30-LSMGO (UCOME) price has moved up by a steeper $161/mt in the last week, against a $78/mt increase in the port's conventional LSMGO price. The B30-LSMGO price premium over conventional LSMGO has widened by $83/mt.

Piraeus’ B30-LSMGO is at a $31/mt price premium over Lisbon's.

Asia

Singapore’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has increased $64/mt in the last week to $1,088/mt. This rise has come amid an $82/mt gain for the port’s conventional VLSFO price.  

Prima Markets’ UCOME China cargo price, which directly influences the blend price in Singapore, has remained unchanged over the past few weeks at $1,215/mt.

In other biofuel news, several shipping companies have reported using biofuels across their fleets in 2025. B100 was the most commonly disclosed grade alongside blends such as B6, B24 and B30.

South Korean bunker supplier S-Oil has started supplying a B30-VLSFO blend in the country.

By Nachiket Tekawade

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