by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 16, 2021 | Marine fuels, News
Shell has decided to build an 820,000-tonnes-a-year biofuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, the Netherlands, formerly known as the Pernis refinery. Carbon produced during the manufacturing process is to be captured and stored in an empty...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Mar 8, 2021 | News
The EU should promote the use of green hydrogen and ammonia by ships as part of its upcoming maritime fuel law, major shipping industry players and environmentalists have told the European Commission. They also say biofuels do not offer a sustainable alternative for...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 18, 2021 | News
Large tank storage company Vopak is going to build sixteen new storage tanks in the port of Rotterdam. Waste based feedstocks are to be stored in them for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel. In this way, Vopak wants to respond to the increasing demand for...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 19, 2020 | News
The maritime manufacturing industry is making it easier for inland navigation to survive the energy transition. During the online event Maritime Platform, a series of companies exhibited what innovations they have to offer to make the energy transition as cheap and...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 8, 2020 | News
Shell will cut 7,000 to 9,000 jobs as part of a large-scale business transformation aimed at making the company sustainable. The oil major wants to grow its chemicals and biofuels production while also looking at the development of new, low-carbon products. The job...
