Biodiesel News

Global integrated logistics and material management company ASCO is investing in hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to power its transport fleet. The company is investing over £10million (€11.3 million) in its UK operations demonstrating its commitment to delivering a safe, sustainable and efficient service offering. The investment adds to ASCO’s current low carbon transport fleet fuelled…
Read More »

BHP is trialling the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to help power mining equipment at its Yandi iron ore operations in Western Australia. Supplied through a collaboration with bp, the renewable diesel made from HVO will be used in haul trucks and other mining equipment over an initial three-month trial period. BHP Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) asset president, Brandon Craig, said:…
Read More »

Germany shipped around 2.3 million tonnes of biodiesel abroad last year - the largest quantity ever. Imports also hit an all-time high of 1.4 million tonnes. The Netherlands remained by far Germany's most important trading partner for taking 21% more biodiesel (1.16 million tonnes) than in 2021. The previous record high reached in 2020 was exceeded by 124,000 tonnes. With its Rotterdam…
Read More »

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has carried out the third successful trial using marine biofuel. The trial used B24 marine biofuel comprising 24% fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) blended with very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO). This was supplied by bp to the capesize bulker Cape Tsubaki with the co-operation of the charterer, JFE Steel Corporation. K Line has been accumulating expertise on the…
Read More »

Eni Sustainable Mobility and Saipem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim of employing biofuels on Saipem’s drilling and construction naval vessels at operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Saipem has a global fleet consisting of 45 vessels for construction and drilling. The MoU represents an important milestone for Eni and Saipem, confirming the mutual commitment to…
Read More »

DB Schenker is expanding its green ocean freight services and has secured an arrangement to use 12,000 metric tons of biofuel component for all of its own consolidated cargo. This includes less-than-container load (LCL), full-container-load (FCL) and refrigerated containers (reefer containers), from MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world’s largest container line. The amount of biofuel…
Read More »

Neste enabled its customers to reduce their GHG emissions globally by 11.1 million tons last year. This amount equals the annual carbon footprint of 1.8 million average EU citizens or the removal of four million passenger cars from the roads for a full year. “We are on track towards reaching our commitment of helping our customers to reduce their GHG emissions by at least 20 million tons of…
Read More »

ExxonMobil’s majority-owned affiliate Imperial Oil will invest about $560 million (€524 million) in the construction of the largest renewable diesel facility in Canada. The project at Imperial’s Strathcona refinery is expected to produce 20,000 barrels of renewable diesel per day primarily from locally sourced feedstocks and could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Canadian…
Read More »

UK biofuel supplier Green Biofuels (GBF) has launched Ireland’s first renewable biofuel terminal in a built facility in Cork Harbour. The facility took its first cargo delivery on 11 January. Through its Irish business Green D Project Limited, the new terminal is a major commitment by GBF to Ireland’s cleaner energy infrastructure for transport and generator power, further accelerating the…
Read More »

PRIO has announced a new partnership in which it supplied B30 marine biofuel to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in collaboration with World Fuel Services. This new fuel, ECO Bunkers B30, is a 30% blend of advanced biofuel from waste feedstocks, produced at PRIO's biodiesel plant and blended at PRIO's tank terminal in Aveiro. With the support of World Fuel Services, two Norwegian Cruise Line…
Read More »

Stolthaven Dagenham has allocated land to Olleco to build a new facility that processes used cooking oil (UCO) collected from restaurants and food production sites. The UCO will then be transferred to Stolthaven Dagenham's storage tanks before it is converted into renewable, low-carbon biodiesel fuel. Stolthaven Dagenham is the closest storage terminal to central London and is well connected…
Read More »

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has completed its first refuelling of a Hapag-Lloyd container vessel in Singapore with used cooking oil methyl ester-based marine biofuel (UCOME). This inaugural bunker operation marks the start of a term supply agreement between the two companies, which commits TotalEnergies to provide very low sulphur fuel oil blended with 24% second-generation, waste-based and…
Read More »