In the first nine months of 2026, there has been a 0.9% uplift in throughput at the Port of Rotterdam compared to the same period last year, with the Port remarking on a rise in the import of biofuels and also the raw materials for their production. The rise in throughput was primarily the result of increased flows of coal, other dry bulk, crude oil and mineral oil products. There was a fall in the throughput of iron ore and scrap, agribulk, LNG, other liquid bulk, containers (in terms of tonnage) and breakbulk. Liquid bulk throughput rose by 3.1% in […]

Hungary-based MOL Group has inaugurated its first biomethane plant in Szarvas, which will be capable of producing more than seven million cubic metres (cbm) of biomethane when fully operational. In a statement issued on Wednesday (14 October), Dr. György Bacsa, Group Chief Strategic Officer of MOL Group, said: ‘The inauguration of the Szarvas biomethane plant is a strategic milestone for MOL Group. With our first facility of this kind, we are simultaneously strengthening energy security, expanding our sustainable product portfolio and taking another tangible step towards implementing our SHAPE TOMORROW strategy. ‘The investment also demonstrates that, by leveraging the region’s […]

Construction has got underway on the first of two multi-fuel bunker vessels that are being built for France-based bunker company Maritima and its customer Petroineos Lavéra. A steel cutting ceremony was held last week at the China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Yangzhou Dingheng Shipyard, Maritima’s parent company, Sogestran Group, said in a statement issued yesterday (14 October). As previously reported by ship.energy, Sogestran Group announced the order for the vessels, which will be capable of carrying three different products simultaneously and which will benefit from dual certification for both oil and chemical products, in October 2025. They will be able to transport […]