Verde Marine marks ARA biofuel debut with B100 delivery

Dutch bunker supplier Verde Marine Energy (VME) has started physical biofuel bunkering operations in the ARA region with its first B100 delivery.

IMAGE: Standic oil terminal in the Port of Dordrecht. Standic

The 100% FAME-based biofuel (B100) was supplied to the Vertom-owned cargo vessel Beautriton. The delivery was carried out using VME's time-chartered bunker barge, Joe Tierney, head of trading at Verde Marine Energy, told ENGINE.

VME partnered with biodiesel producer Sunoil Biodiesel and its IJsselland Bio Fuels production facility to source and load the biofuel at the Standic terminal in Dordrecht for the bunkering operation.

The supplier plans to offer B100 deliveries by both barge and truck across the ARA region.

While it is initially offering only B100, the company is "looking into other collaborations" to supply blends such as B30, which contains a 30% biofuel component, Tierney added.

By Konica Bhatt

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