March 24, 2026
BY Erin Krueger
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Earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) launched a major study to examine the sustainable fuel options for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail. The two-year study will be complete in 2028.
USGBC Senior Manager of Global Ethanol Export Development Ankit Chandra in May traveled to Panama City, Panama to participate in Maritime Week Americas 2026 along with fellow U.S. ethanol industry stakeholders.
Ethanol checks all the boxes for clean alternative fuels in ocean-going vessels.
In May, the container ship Eco Levant, operated by X-Press Feeders, was bunkered with ethanol in the port of Rotterdam. It was the first time in Rotterdam that a bunker vessel supplied ethanol to a sea-going vessel.
The Netherlands imported $535 million of U.S. biofuels last year. Regulatory changes that came into force on Jan. 1, 2026, could boost demand for both U.S. biofuels and feedstocks, according to a report filed with the USDA.