Repsol supplied co-processed B30-MGO to an NCLH ship in Barcelona under their eight-year renewable fuel deal. Made through refinery co-processing, it was delivered by the hybrid bunker vessel Bahía Candela, with renewable methanol due from 2029.
ASEAN’s 9th Energy Outlook has electrification leading transport decarbonisation, with biofuels, SAF and hydrogen in support. Oil stays near 7 million barrels a day in 2050, and sustainable bioenergy feedstock is flagged as limited.
Minnesota's State Fire Marshal published a toolkit guiding fleets through the fire code variance needed to run 100% biodiesel, since no complete dispensing systems are yet listed above B20. It streamlines the approval process but doesn't remove the variance requirement.
Malaysia launched a Green Bunkering Regulatory Roadmap with Australia's P4I, targeting 40% low-carbon marine fuel by 2050. Nine actions include methanol and ammonia safety frameworks and, from February 2027, one licensing window replacing about eight agencies' approvals.
IATA marked ten years since CORSIA's creation, citing 130+ participating countries and about 200 million tonnes mitigated by year-end. It urges the EU to reinforce CORSIA rather than extend its ETS, and to ringfence aviation carbon revenues for SAF. The EU proposal remains pending.
Bain Capital's James Tam, co-chair of EcoCeres, expects SAF mandates to drive long-term growth and sees China requiring SAF in coming years. EcoCeres plans a 450,000-tonne Dongguan plant by 2030 and a Hong Kong IPO, despite weak current demand and spare capacity.
Pertamina secured a roughly 7,000 kilolitre SAF contract with Cathay Pacific for 2026, made from used cooking oil via refinery co-processing. It plans a $1.1 billion dedicated Cilacap biorefinery by 2029 and says Indonesia still needs a SAF blending mandate.
MOL and Vale signed a 25-year contract for two 210,000 DWT ore carriers, the world's first of this size with tri-fuel propulsion running on ethanol, methanol or heavy fuel oil, plus LNG/ammonia-ready design. The vessels, delivered 2030, will carry Brazilian iron ore mainly to China.
J-ENG completed the 6UEC35LSGH, the world's first hydrogen-fuelled engine for large commercial vessels, achieving 95% hydrogen co-firing and over 95% GHG reduction in factory testing. It will be installed on a MOL multipurpose vessel in 2027, with onboard demonstration starting April 2028.
ARC Bio demonstrated converting Canadian forest residues into biocrude, then processing it via fluid catalytic cracking into a jet-range fuel meeting ASTM D1655 specs when blended with HEFA SAF. The Boeing-backed work supports Project Avance, aimed at 2027 production in Quebec.
Aether Fuels demonstrated a fully integrated production line converting landfill gas and industrial CO2 into ASTM-spec synthetic jet fuel, verified by third-party testing. The company says the data de-risks its planned 50 barrel-per-day Project Beacon facility in Singapore.
Velocys launched AlphaCore 800, its largest microchannel Fischer-Tropsch reactor, producing up to 30,000 tonnes of FT liquids annually per unit. The company says it could cut reactor count by 75% at scale, aimed at SAF and e-fuels projects targeting 100,000-plus tonnes of production.
