CMA CGM seeks 2025 Singapore biofuel bunker supply

French shipping major CMA CGM is seeking marine biofuel for term delivery in Singapore, the world’s largest bunker hub, between January and December 2025, according to market sources. The company has been one of the top lifters of marine biofuel in Singapore this year, and is expanding its lifting period from half-year term supply this

Mabanaft in pact with Hapag-Lloyd to supply B30 bunker fuel

Energy company Mabanaft has reached an agreement with the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd for the supply of B30 biofuel. A first test delivery of 1,000 tonnes (mt) of B30 VLSFO from Mabanaft’s Waltershof tank terminal was scheduled for 12 December in the port of Hamburg for the container ship Delaware Express. The delivery follows an extensive

Universal Biofuels delivers biodiesel to three OMCs

In India, the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in India successfully completed delivery of $103 million of biodiesel to the three government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under cost-plus supply agreements for the one-year marketing period ending September 30, 2024. Aemetis recently received an initial $58 million of new allocations from OMCs for biodiesel supply in the

Volvo switches to HVO biofuel

Volvo Group Australia has announced that all Volvo and Mack trucks produced at the company’s Wacol facility will be filled with hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO100) instead of diesel fuel from December this year. HVO100 is a renewable and sustainable synthetic fuel made from vetted waste vegetable oils and animal fats. It has a low carbon

A license agreement signed by Godavari Biorefineries to convert ethanol to biobutanol

Godavari Biorefineries Limited (GBL), a leading manufacturer of ethanol-based chemicals and one of India’s biggest producers of ethanol, signed a licensing deal with Catalyxx Inc. for the conversion of ethanol to biobutanol and other higher alcohols. The license cost is worth $1,931,850. A royalty on the gross sales of the licensed products produced in the

UECC and Titan sign biomethane agreement

Norway-based RoRo transportation provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) and Dutch marine fuels supplier Titan Clean Fuels (Titan) have penned a new agreement under which Titan is set to supply liquefied gas, primarily biomethane (LBM/bio-LNG), to the former’s multi-fuel ships. UECC and Titan have disclosed that this arrangement will cover the remainder of 2024 and

A new method for FAME bio bunker fuel fingerprinting presented by GCMD

Fingerprinting can be used to verify the validity of biofuels and detect fraud in marine fuel supply chains. It also identifies the feedstock origins of FAME-based biofuels used in the shipping industry. A new method that generates a fingerprint for Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) bio bunker fuels was presented in the most recent paper

Leading automakers want to introduce 100% ethanol vehicles: Gadkari

According to Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, major automobile manufacturers like Mahindra, Toyota, Hyundai, and Tata will produce 100% ethanol-powered vehicles within the next five months, with two-wheeler manufacturers also adopting the technology. Advancements in ethanol-based aviation fuel were a big step toward sustainable transportation, he stated while speaking digitally at the

ORIX to conduct a sea trial using biofuel in the owned vessel

In Japan, ORIX Corporation announced that it will conduct a sea trial using biofuel for ship operations in the ORIX-owned vessel currently chartered by Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S. This is the first time for ORIX to use biofuels in the owned vessel, the firm said. The sea trial will use a fuel composed of a mix

To satisfy decarbonization targets, Big Oil invests billions in the manufacture of biofuel

The top oil and gas firms in the world are boosting their investments in the biofuels industry in response to mounting pressure to decarbonize and move away from conventional fossil fuels. Recognizing the increasing demand for sustainable fuel sources worldwide, major firms including BP, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, and Eni are integrating biofuels into their