Rotterdam port bumps up biofuels traffic
The transshipment of biofuels in the port of Rotterdam increased in the first half of 2008 from 1 to 2.5 million tonnes. The ratio of ethanol to biodiesel was almost 50/50. The products were manufactured mainly overseas: ethanol in Brazil and biodiesel largely in the US.
Part of the incoming trade was used on the continent and some shipped on further by smaller sea-going vessel to England, UK, and Scandinavia in particular.
The outgoing flow, however, also contained production from the continent, brought in mainly by barge.
Biodiesel throughput showed a particularly sharp increase, almost tripling from 430,000 to 1,300,000 tonnes. This trend is expected to continue in the second half of the year.
Throughput x 1000 metric tons, only by ocean-going vessel. The ethanol related, in unknown ratios, to both fuel (additive) and feedstock for other use.
In 2009 two biodiesel plants will have a joint capacity in excess of 600,000 tonnes in Rotterdam.
The European Biodiesel Board estimates that EU production capacity in 2008 will be around 16 million tonnes. However, 3 million tonnes of this is idle and a great quantity of other capacity is under-used.
In other news the Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed an agreement with the port of Suape near Recife in the northeast of Brazil. During the next 18 months, the Port Authority will be involved in drafting a masterplan for the coming 20 years.
The initiative is in line with Port Authority policy on the further internationalisation of operations. The Port Authority is already involved in the development of the port of Sohar (Oman) and last month announced that it would be taking a serious look at Borneo (Malaysia).
Part of the incoming trade was used on the continent and some shipped on further by smaller sea-going vessel to England, UK, and Scandinavia in particular.
The outgoing flow, however, also contained production from the continent, brought in mainly by barge.
Biodiesel throughput showed a particularly sharp increase, almost tripling from 430,000 to 1,300,000 tonnes. This trend is expected to continue in the second half of the year.
Throughput x 1000 metric tons, only by ocean-going vessel. The ethanol related, in unknown ratios, to both fuel (additive) and feedstock for other use.
In 2009 two biodiesel plants will have a joint capacity in excess of 600,000 tonnes in Rotterdam.
The European Biodiesel Board estimates that EU production capacity in 2008 will be around 16 million tonnes. However, 3 million tonnes of this is idle and a great quantity of other capacity is under-used.
In other news the Port of Rotterdam Authority has signed an agreement with the port of Suape near Recife in the northeast of Brazil. During the next 18 months, the Port Authority will be involved in drafting a masterplan for the coming 20 years.
The initiative is in line with Port Authority policy on the further internationalisation of operations. The Port Authority is already involved in the development of the port of Sohar (Oman) and last month announced that it would be taking a serious look at Borneo (Malaysia).
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