Denmark’s Bunker Holding Group says it is now able to offer biofuel bunker availability in more than 80 ports.
A map provided by the giant bunker supplier showed that the vast majority of the ports — more than 75 of them — were in Europe, with only five ports in the Americas and five spread across Africa and Asia Pacific.
Valerie Ahrens, senior director of new fuels and carbon markets at Bunker Holding, said: “Bunker Holding is overcoming the challenges from the green transition simultaneously with our customers.
“It is affecting how we conduct business in a changing market, driven by the new IMO GHG [greenhouse gas] strategy and new regulations such as IMO CII, EU ETS, and FuelEU maritime.
“We are all in the same boat but as a leading marine fuel supplier with an extensive network and global reach, we are well-positioned and equipped to help our clients.
“Much of our work has gone into building strong and reliable supplier relations, which are essential to ensuring we can connect reliable suppliers with the end-users of biofuel globally.”
Manja Ostertag, head of biofuels at Bunker Holding, said that during the past months, the company has been intensifying its efforts on ensuring biofuel availability at numerous ports and at a global scale, putting the group in a unique position as a marine fuel supplier.
“Providing a relevant and competitive value proposition including low-carbon fuels is a crucial part of our new fuels strategy and key to succeed as a business, given the upcoming IMO and EU regulations,” she said.
As part of this effort, the company said it has been focusing on the individual needs of its clients, as every segment and business in the marine sector is different and hence might have different needs.
“That means the group is providing different types of lower carbon products as well as blends of biofuels and conventional fuels and can deliver those products not only to flow ports, such as ARA [Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp] and Singapore, but also in numerous other ports,” the company said.
During the past months, Bunker Holding said it has bunkered biofuels to a number of different segments, ranging from cruise and ferry lines to container ships and offshore vessels.
“When delivering lower carbon fuel solutions to our clients, it is crucial for us to work with reliable certified suppliers that have the same high principles on delivering product quality and sustainability as we have,” Ostertag said.
