Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: POMEME barge price drop limits Rotterdam B30-VLSFO price gain in International Shipping News 12/05/2026 Rotterdam and Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $35/mt in the last week. The port’s conventional VLSFO price rise has been over twice as steep, at $74/mt. Prima Markets has assessed a $13/mt drop in its ARA POMEME barge price over the last week, a sign that biofuel feedstock prices have come down. Rotterdam’s conventional LSMGO price has dipped $69/mt lower, outpacing a $15/mt drop for B30-LSMGO. Consequently, the B30-LSMGO blend’s price premium over conventional LSMGO has increased from $68/mt to $122/mt during the last week. Meanwhile, Gibraltar’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has increased by $57/mt, slightly greater than the $42/mt increase in the port’s conventional VLSFO grade. Biofuel bunker delivieres in both the ARA hub and the Gibraltar Strait require around 7-10 days of lead time, a trader said. Singapore Singapore’s B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price has eked out a small gain during the last week, while its conventional VLSFO price has increased by $49/mt. Prima Markets’ China UCOME cargo price has been unchanged over this period. Chinese UCOME is a key blendstock for Singapore’s B30-VLSFO and a flat price could have contributed to keep a lid on B30-VLSFO bunker price increases. In other news from this week, Chinese bunker supplier Chimbusco Pan Nation (CPN)supplied around 2,500 mt of B100 in the Port of Hong Kong on 2 May, which was the largest B100 stem bunkered in the country. French food products company Bel will buy carbon credits from CMA CGM to claim reductions in the Scope 3 emissions generated across its supply chain. The emission reductions will come from CMA CGM’s use of UCOME-based biofuel blends on its fleet. Nippon Biofuel’s Makoto Goda spoke to ENGINE about the company’s plans to produce marine biofuel from jatropha grown in African farms. Source: By Nachiket Tekawade, ENGINE, (https://www.engine.online/news) 2026-05-12 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share