The Port of Rotterdam, part of the so-called ARA region (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp), is Europe’s largest bunkering port and the second largest in the world, preceded only by the Port of Singapore.11 The Port of Rotterdam supplies around 9.5 million tonnes of various bunker fuels to vessels annually.12 As Russia has been a key supplier of crude and bunkering fuel to the Netherlands for decades, t. [...] The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) has commissioned CE Delft and The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies to analyze the consequences of the sanctions for the objectives of the Fit for 55 package with regard to the availability and supply of renewable fuels for the maritime sector until 2030 in the Netherlands. [...] Decarbonising maritime bunkering in the Netherlands and the embargo on Russian oil 4 Text box 1: The complex role of the ARA region The Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region is one of the world’s largest port-industrial complexes and the second largest bunkering port. [...] Considering the size of the bunkering market in the Netherlands, which is very close to the size of the road fuel market, maritime bunkering has a significant impact on the total amount of renewable fuels required to meet the target , see Figure 11. [...] The impact assessment of the proposal for the revision of EU ETS notes that the ETS is expected to reinforce the aims of the FuelEU Maritime initiative.
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