BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner declared a quarterly distribution of $0.5250 per common and subordinated unit for the second quarter of 2016, representing a $0.015, or 2.9 percent, increase from the Partnership’s first quarter distribution. The quarterly distribution will be paid Monday, August 29, 2016, to unitholders of record as of the close of business Monday, August 15, 2016.

“Based on our strong operating and financial performance, we are pleased to be able to increase our distribution again this quarter,” said John Keppler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We have increased our distribution every quarter since our IPO and that is a trend we expect to continue.”

About Enviva Partners, LP

Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) is a publicly traded master limited partnership that aggregates a natural resource, wood fiber, and processes it into a transportable form, wood pellets. The Partnership sells a significant majority of its wood pellets through long-term, take-or-pay agreements with creditworthy customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. The Partnership owns and operates six plants in Southampton County, Virginia; Northampton County and Ahoskie, North Carolina; Amory and Wiggins, Mississippi; and Cottondale, Florida. We have a combined production capacity of approximately 2.3 million metric tons of wood pellets per year. In addition, the Partnership owns a deep-water marine terminal at the Port of Chesapeake, Virginia, which is used to export wood pellets. Enviva Partners also exports pellets through the ports of Mobile, Alabama and Panama City, Florida.

To learn more about Enviva Partners, LP, please visit our website at www.envivabiomass.com.