Shell Netherlands' supply fleet switches to renewable fuel

A total of 80 fuel trucks will run on bio-LNG and renewable diesel to deliver kerosine for airports and fuel for private and commercial road traffic stations in the country.

A total of 80 tankers running the daily fuel supply for Shell Netherlands will run on renewable fuel.

These trucks deliver kerosine to the regional airports in the country, and fuel for private and commercial road traffic to the Shell stations. By having its own fleet running on renewable fuels, Shell is actively taking steps to reduce its own emissions, and becoming a net zero emissions company by 2050 or earlier.

Of Shell’s fuel trucks, 46 are now running on bio-LNG, the rest on renewable diesel (HVO). Most of the trucks fill up with renewable diesel at the depot in Arnhem, the Netherlands, with Tessenderlo in Belgium as the main alternative, and filling stations in Oosterhout and Kampen as smaller back-ups.

"Business customers also consciously opted for Shell Renewable Diesel and receive it directly with a fuel truck that runs on renewable diesel itself," says Freek Gieles, Contract Manager NSC Benelux and responsible for the Shell Netherlands’ road tanker fleet.

Dutch Shell BioLNG comes from the production plant near Amsterdam, opened in 2021 with partners Renewi and Nordsol. The indigenous production of bio-LNG is – supplemented by production from abroad – also available at all 14 Shell truck locations in the Netherlands and Belgium.

The sustainability of the fuel truck fleet has been underway for some time. Nineteen trucks ran on regular LNG in 2020, reaching 37 trucks the year after.