Rotterdam bunker demand slips as RED boosts conventional fuel prices

Rotterdam is seeing its competitiveness erode as Europe’s largest bunker hub amid an uneven pace of national transposition of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III, which has hurt sales of conventional, oil-based fuels at the Dutch port, but not necessarily aided alternative fuels. The Netherlands has implemented the bloc’s flagship green energy legislation since the beginning of this year,Rotterdam is seeing its competitiveness erode as Europe’s largest bunker hub amid an uneven pace of national transposition of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III, which has hurt sales of conventional, oil-based fuels at the Dutch port, but not necessarily aided alternative fuels. The Netherlands has implemented the bloc’s flagship green energy legislation since the beginning of this year,Read More