Rotterdam’s bio-bunker sales drop 38% from last quarter

Changes between the second quarter and the third quarter of 2026: • Bio-VLSFO sales down by 81,000 mt to 63,000 mt • Bio-HSFO sales down by 17,000 mt to 13,000 mt • Total bio-MGO sales down by 2,000 mt to 41,000 mt • Bio-ULSFO sales broadly unchanged at 22,000 mt • Bio-methanol sales up by 1,300 mt to 4,200 mt • LBM sales up by 7,200 mt to 11,000 mt • No bio-ethanol sales recorded in Q3

Bunker suppliers in Rotterdam sold 154,000 mt of bio-bunker fuel in the third quarter of 2026, down 38% from the second quarter, according to data from Port of Rotterdam. This was the steepest quarterly fall since the third quarter of 2024. The port authority said bio-blended volumes were lower after a very high second quarter.

Bio-bunker fuels accounted for 8% of Rotterdam’s total bunker sales in the third quarter, down from 13% in the second quarter. Rotterdam’s bio-bunker sales rose 7% year-on-year to 514,000 mt in the first nine months of 2026, from 482,000 mt in the same period last year.

Bio-VLSFO leads decline Bio-VLSFO remained the most popular biofuel blend, but its sales fell 56% from the previous quarter to 63,000 mt. Its share of total biofuel sales dropped to 41%, from 59% in the second quarter.

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