For the first time, vessels bunkered more than 1 million cbm of LNG in Rotterdam, including a growing volume of bio-LNG, according to the Rotterdam port.
Europe’s largest bunkering port and home of the Gate LNG import terminal reported LNG volumes of 992,911 cbm in 2025.
This represents a 5.5 percent increase from 941,366 cbm in 2024.
In addition, the port said that vessels bunkered 17,644 cbm of bio-LNG last year, represents more than a sixfold increase compared to 2024, when the total amounted to 2,775 cbm.
Including bio-LNG, vessel bunkered 1,010,555 cbm of LNG last year, a rise of 7.3 percent compared to 2024.
Last year’s LNG bunkering volumes rose despite a big drop in fourth-quarter volumes.
According to the port’s bunkering data, fourth-quarter volumes were the lowest last year, reaching 192,433 cbm.
This marked a 26.9 percent decline compared to 263,068 cbm in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Quarterly volumes dipped 41 percent compared to the previous quarter when they reached a quarterly record of 331,620 cbm, according to the port.
The port amended its third-quarter data, previously reporting volumes of 270,254 cbm.
DNV’s data showed that LNG remained the fuel of choice for alternative-fueled vessel orders in 2025, with 188 orders.
According to the classification society, investment in fuel infrastructure continued at pace with 22 LNG bunkering vessels added to the orderbook last year.
Including 16 orders for LNG-powered ships in January this year, there are now 854 LNG-powered ships in operation and 655 LNG-fueled vessels on order.
These statistics do not include smaller inland vessels or dual-fuel LNG carriers.
