Presenter: Zoltán Szabó, Secretary General, Climate Ethanol Alliance
Timing: Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 (2:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
Session: Taking the Tide: Ethanol on the High Seas
global partnership representing interests in the US, Europe, Canada, Brazil and Asia. • Its mission is to advance renewable ethanol as an alternative to oil and promote evidence- and science-based policymaking to decarbonize transport. • The Climate Ethanol Alliance brings together bioethanol producers, service providers, and input suppliers to facilitate the accelerated transition of the transport sector towards low carbon.
fuels in road transport (E20, E30) • Carbon removal - Fermentation Carbon Capture and Storage • Low carbon marine fuels Trade policy is not part of the mandate
fuels in IMO workstreams (sponsored by IBIAand Brazil) • LCAGESAMP Working Group • ISOEthanol Standard under ISO6583 • Revise IGFCode for Ethanol operational safety and handling • GCGF is a representative of the Singapore government for the ISO Working Group • Shippers prefer flexibility of ethanol / methanol mix, with cost economicsand global availability • GCGF contributing to workstreams on ethanol LCA, IMO CCC operational safety and bunkering, as well as ISO standards under ISO6583 Confidential
(Mtpa) Singapore 55 10% 5.50 Rotterdam 10 3% 0.30 Fujairah, UAE 8 3% 0.24 Zhoushan, China 7 10% 0.70 Antwerp, Belgium 7 3% 0.21 Hong Kong, China 7 10% 0.70 South Korea 6 5% 0.30 Panama 5 10% 0.50 Gilbraltar, UK 5 2% 0.10 Shanghai, China 4 10% 0.40 1 1 5out of 300 million MT Total = 8.95 million mt/yr Or 3 billion gallons per year Global market around 300 million mt/yr or about 100billion gallons per year Confidential
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