Burando claims 30% share of Rotterdam’s first-half bio-blended bunker sales

Bunker supplier Burando Energies claims to have supplied 30% of all bio-blended bunker fuel volumes sold in Rotterdam during the first half of the year.

IMAGE: The Europoort area in the Port of Rotterdam. Getty Images

The company said its estimate includes B100 volumes but excludes liquefied biomethane (LBM), methanol and ethanol.

Suppliers delivered around 345,000 mt of bio-blended bunker fuel in Rotterdam during the period, according to port authority data. The port authority does not provide figures for B100 sales.

Burando said Rotterdam remains one of Europe’s most cost-competitive locations for bunkering biofuels, partly because of the Netherlands’ RED III-related incentive mechanism.

The Netherlands implemented the EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) in January 2026. Under the framework, suppliers in Dutch ports can generate compliance credits known as ZRE (A) tickets by supplying advanced biofuels such as POMEME. These credits can then be sold to suppliers of conventional marine fuels.

The supplier expects biofuel demand in Rotterdam to continue rising as FuelEU Maritime requirements tighten and the EU ETS cost of burning conventional fuels increases.

Burando operates its own biofuel blending terminal at AFT Amsterdam and a wholly owned fleet of bunker barges. It supplies HSFO, VLSFO, gasoil and diesel-based blends, as well as B100 FAME, B100 HVO and B100 FAME residue products.

By Nachiket Tekawade

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