{"id":8472,"date":"2026-03-26T06:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8472\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:56:07","slug":"alkagesta-signs-antwerp-biofuel-storage-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/8472\/","title":{"rendered":"Alkagesta Signs Antwerp Biofuel Storage Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipandbunker.cdn.speedyrails.net\/a\/img\/_asp_945e31d4ab549d39010fc3173ec9f2ef.v.645.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"100%\" alt=\"Alkagesta Signs Antwerp Biofuel Storage Deal\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe firm manages close to 700,000 m3 of storage capacity. File Image \/ Pixabay<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMalta-based commodity trading firm Alkagesta has secured a multi-year lease for biofuel storage at the Pantank terminal in Antwerp, expanding its European capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe agreement is expected to support higher flows of feedstock and biodiesel into Europe, the firm said in an email statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt follows the firm\u2019s recent entry into jet fuel supply in Northwest Europe via the NATO pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tWhile it remains unclear whether the Antwerp facility will directly serve the marine biofuel market, Alkagesta is already active in bunkering.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/shipandbunker.com\/news\/emea\/334635-alkagesta-considers-bringing-ulsfo-supply-to-spain-in-response-to-med-eca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">company announced plans to supply ULSFO<\/a> across the Central and Eastern Mediterranean in response to the region\u2019s new emission control area (ECA).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt has also established a dedicated biofuel trading desk in Geneva and secured storage capacity at the Horizon terminal in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAlkagesta said it manages close to 700,000 m3 of storage capacity across Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThe Antwerp deal will see the company handle vessel, truck, and container movements for biofuel products, enhancing Alkagesta\u2019s ability to manage and deliver across the supply chain.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The firm manages close to 700,000 m3 of storage capacity. File Image \/ Pixabay &#13; Malta-based commodity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19,7,5983,5984,5986,5988,5991,5987,5990,5989,5992,5985,5993],"class_list":{"0":"post-8472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-antwerp","8":"tag-antwerp","9":"tag-belgium","10":"tag-biofuels","11":"tag-bunker","12":"tag-bunker-fuel","13":"tag-bunker-indications","14":"tag-bunker-news","15":"tag-bunker-prices","16":"tag-bunkering","17":"tag-marine-fuel","18":"tag-marine-news","19":"tag-prices","20":"tag-shipping-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116294175023940102","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}