Vessel Performance Solutions (VPS) has announced a roundtable seminar to be held on 1 October at its headquarters in Barendrecht, near Rotterdam, focused on marine fuels, lubricants, vessel efficiency and decarbonisation.

The event, titled 'Commercial Advantage through Efficiency & Carbon Reduction', is free to attend and will feature presentations from VPS specialists alongside guest speakers from DNV and SulNOx. Registration is available via marketing@vpsveritas.com.

The afternoon programme will open with a session by Steve Bee, VPS Group Marketing Director, examining fossil fuel quality under the theme 'Are We in the New Normal?'. Stanley George, VPS Group Science & Technical Manager, will follow with a presentation on lubricant value management in current market conditions.

Marco Koppelaar, BQS Operations Manager for Europe at VPS, will address mass flow metering and legislation in the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) region, while Marinus Jansen, Principal Consultant for Alternative Fuels at DNV, will present on the Veracity data ecosystem.

Stuart Hall, Head of Technical Sales – Marine at SulNOx, will deliver a session titled 'Biofuels: Ready or Not!', after which Bee will return to the podium with a second presentation, 'Bio Doesn’t Just Mean FAME', exploring the broader scope of biofuel types beyond fatty acid methyl esters (FAME).

The formal sessions will conclude with a panel question-and-answer session, followed by a laboratory tour of VPS’ Barendrecht facility.

The event runs from 11:30 to 17:30, with a reception and lunch scheduled ahead of the afternoon presentations.