Fuelling the Future 2026

Rotterdam-Singapore Green and Digital Shipping CorridorCASE STUDY 6 Description Government-led, industry-backed corridor connecting the Ports of Rotterdam and Singapore. It aligns standards, fuel supply and operations, while each port builds a multi-fuel cluster. Solution The Rotterdam-Singapore Green and Digital Shipping Corridor creates a defined trade route where the clean maritime value chain can align and invest with reduced first-mover risk. By aggregating demand and synchronizing fuel supply, safety and measurement standards, it builds an integrated ecosystem across both ports. Interoperable certification ensures fuels can be bunkered and credited seamlessly at either end, maintaining fungibility for global trade. Deployment starts with mature fuels such as biofuels and methanol, expanding to ammonia and hydrogen as vessels, infrastructure and safety systems mature. With clean fuel hubs at each port, the corridor offers a replicable model for scaling-up green shipping globally. Impact –Rotterdam executed Europe’s first green methanol terminal bunkering and the world’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering. –Singapore completed its first simultaneous methanol bunkering-and-cargo operation. –Rotterdam has begun its hydrogen backbone and is developing an ammonia import and cracking terminal. –Singapore issued methanol bunkering standards and licences and is advancing ammonia bunkering projects on Jurong Island. Sources: Port of Rotterdam, MPA Singapore.63 Fuelling the Future: How Business, Finance and Policy can Accelerate the Clean Fuels Market 31