{
  "id": 2994552,
  "title": "Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Rotterdam’s B30 and conventional prices gain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/biofuel-bunker-snapshot-rotterdams-b30-and-conventional-prices-gain",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/biofuel-bunker-snapshot-rotterdams-b30-and-conventional-prices-gain/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rotterdam's B30-VLSFO price has climbed $19/mt in the last week, while the conventional price has surged $36/mt. The B30-LSMGO price has also risen $48/mt, with the conventional LSMGO price up $84/mt. POMEME and UCOME barge prices have jumped $48/mt each, reaching $1,825/mt and $1,755/mt respectively. Biofuel feedstock prices may have aided this rise. B100 bunker prices fell $21/mt. In contrast, Gibraltar's B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price soared $121/mt, with the conventional price only up $20/mt. This lifted Gibraltar's premium over conventional VLSFO to $403/mt. Lisbon's B30-VLSFO price climbed $33/mt but is now $85/mt below Gibraltar's. B100 in Portugal's Sines is $1,779/mt. Singapore's B30-VLSFO (UCOME) price rose $21/mt, while the conventional price jumped $8/mt. China's UCOME cargo price fell $15/mt, affecting Singapore's biofuel bunker prices. Singapore's bio-blended bunker sales increased 6% to 38,000 mt in July, after three months of decline. Vitol Bunkers supplied 247 mt of VLSFO co-processed with CNSL to the Scion Mathilda in Singapore. Sunoil Biodiesel operates its Birjo II barge on B100 after converting it in May.",
  "summary": "Europe Rotterdam’s B30-VLSFO (POMEME) price has increased by $19/mt in the past week. The port’s conventional VLSFO price has risen by a greater $36/mt over the same period. Rotterdam’s B30-LSMGO (POMEME) price has gained $48/mt in the past week, supported by an $84/mt increase in the port’s conventional LSMGO price. Prima Markets-assessed POMEME and UCOME ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}