Bunkering up at Rotterdam

The port bunkered 10.8 million tonnes of fuel oil, gas oil, methanol and LNG, up from 10.2 million tonnes in 2021.

The use of biofuels in particular increased with demand rising from 301,000 tonnes to 790,000 tonnes. 2022 also saw the first methanol bunkering for some sea-going vessels with regular supply of the fuel being expected from summer this year.

Two years after the introduction of the bunker licence for bunker fuel suppliers in Rotterdam, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority announced late last year that it will make bunker measuring systems mandatory, aiming to make the ARA bunker market more transparent, efficient and reliable.

With the measure, the port authorities aim to make the Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp bunker market more transparent, efficient and reliable.