LNG sales at the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have more than tripled in 2025, according to data from the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

LNG bunker sales hit a record high of 235,000 mt in 2025, up from the 68,000 mt supplied in 2024, an increase of about 246%.

Despite declines in sales in the third and fourth quarters of 2025, LNG accounted for 3% in the port’s total sales in 2025, up from 1% in 2024.

Rotterdam saw a comparatively modest 5% gain in 2025 bunker sales, data said this month.

Data from Kpler showed that bunkering volumes shifted from Netherlands to Belgium and Germany in 2025, as some suppliers increasingly supplied volumes in Belgium.

The surge in Belgium’s sales was led by demand from container ships, with around 37 operations in 2025, compared to just four operations in 2024, according to Kpler.

Other fossil fuel sales

Total fuel oil sales dipped 1% to 6 million mt in 2025, the port authority’s data said.

VLSFO sales recorded the largest decline, which slumped around 19% in 2025, to 2.24 million mt. VLSFO’s share of total bunker sales fell from 2024’s 37% to around 28% in 2025.

Conversely, HSFO was the most sold grade in 2025, accounting for around 29% of all bunkers supplied. Its sales surged 22% to 2.3 million mt in 2025.

ULSFO sales also grew 22% to 498,000 mt in 2025.

Meanwhile, in 2025, total gasoil sales were also up 6% to 1.5 million mt in 2025. The grade made up around 18% of all fuel sold in Antwerp and Zeebrugge.

Source: ENGINE