Product News

EU member states imported less palm oil in the marketing year 2025/26 than in the previous year. Imports totalled approximately 2.85 million tonnes, representing a decline of just over 5 per cent compared with a year earlier. The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP) attributes this to the EU-wide changes in legal requirements in member states such as Germany and France,…
Read More »

Moeve and Exolum, through their joint venture Terminal Puerto Tartessos, have secured financing from BBVA and Kutxabank to support the development of Muelle Sur, a strategic logistics and maritime transport hub located at the Port of Huelva. The facility – already more than halfway through construction – will become one of the main gateways for feedstocks and products associated with Moeve's…
Read More »

German exports of rapeseed meal declined noticeably in the current crop year 2025/26 compared with the previous year. Shipments to key EU destination countries dropped significantly. According to data from the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany exported nearly 1.2 million tonnes of rapeseed meal from July 2025 to April 2026, representing a decline of approximately 19 per cent from…
Read More »

Alfa Laval has signed a 1.1 BSEK (€102 million) contract to supply hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology for Acelen’s new biorefinery project in Brazil. The order will be fulfilled in phases until completion of the project expected in 2029. Marking a significant step in Alfa Laval’s ongoing commitment to support the global transition to renewable energy, the order is…
Read More »

Neste will conduct an approximately nine-week maintenance turnaround at its Porvoo refinery between August and October. Fuel deliveries to customers will continue throughout the maintenance turnaround. The refinery turnaround will ensure the plant’s safety, availability and competitiveness. The turnaround will focus on tasks that require a refinery shutdown, including statutory inspections,…
Read More »

Germany is on course to deliver its largest soybean harvest on record this year, even as overall EU‑27 production is expected to slip below 2025 levels, according to new estimates from the European Commission. EU soybean output for the 2026/27 marketing year is forecast at just under 2.8 million tonnes, a decline of around 1% year‑on‑year. The drop is driven primarily by a sharp fall in…
Read More »

Service Terminals Rotterdam (STR), the Port of Rotterdam’s bunker facility, has announced the commencement of the biofuels storage project GreenSTR, building on its established expertise in fuel storage and bioblending. GreenSTR will consist of around 100,000 cbm of storage tanks that will handle biofuels such as biodiesel, methanol and ethanol. Ingenieursbureau én adviesbureau Vicoma is the…
Read More »

Russia is now the world's largest producer of sunflower seed. The harvest is expected to reach a new record high in the coming season due to a significant expansion in crop area and a slight increase in yields. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently presented its June estimate for global oilseed production. The estimate indicates that Russian sunflower seed output in the upcoming…
Read More »

Neste and PetroCard have announced the expansion of their renewable diesel (HVO) distribution partnership across the US Pacific Northwest, significantly increasing access to low‑carbon fuels for commercial fleets. The companies confirmed the opening of additional renewable diesel fuelling sites in Washington and Oregon, aimed at supporting operators seeking immediate emissions reductions…
Read More »

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has announced a strategic investment in the construction of a new plant to process sunflower seeds and soybeans at the site of its existing facility in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. This investment will expand LDC’s industrial network in the country, reinforcing oilseed processing capabilities in one of Argentina’s most prominent sunflower production regions, to…
Read More »

The FAO vegetable oil price index climbed to a four-year high in April. International grain prices also increased. Prices were driven by drought risks, weather-related uncertainty, and strong demand. The FAO cereal price index rose to an average of 111.3 points in April, up 0.8 per cent from the previous month and 0.4 per cent compared with the previous year's level. Wheat prices increased…
Read More »

International Process Plants (IPP) is leading the global marketing and sale of major process units from Shell’s discontinued SAF/renewable biofuels project at Shell Pernis, Rotterdam. The project, originally developed by Shell Nederland Raffinaderij, progressed through advanced engineering, procurement and construction, before Shell made a strategic decision not to proceed with project…
Read More »

Certas Energy, the UK’s largest independent fuel distributor, will be powering The Great British Farm Fest using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) which can cut lifecycle GHG emissions by up to 90%  compared to standard diesel. The energy transition partner is fuelling up to power the event with HVO – with an expected delivery of 20,000 litres. A celebration of farmers, The…
Read More »

Cleantech company Synhelion has fuelled an excavator operated by Swiss construction company Eberhard Bau AG with renewable diesel for the first time. The deployment at the Brüttener Tunnel construction site near Bassersdorf (Zurich) demonstrates that synthetic fuels perform reliably even under demanding conditions. The renewable synthetic diesel comes from Synhelion’s DAWN plant in Jülich,…
Read More »