In Spain, on October 2, Baleària announced it is exclusively fueling the Ro-Pax ferries Margarita Salas, Abel Matutes, and Rusadir with 132 gigawatt-hours (450,000 MMBtu) of bioLNG through December 2025, covering 13 percent of its total LNG consumption for the year.
The three dual-fuel vessels now operate with zero emissions on the Barcelona to Alcúdia to Ciutadella and Málaga to Melilla routes. “The use of bioLNG on our regular routes represents a real and verifiable step forward in our commitment to achieving net-zero emissions,” said Baleària CEO Georges Bassoul. The fuel, produced from livestock waste methane, is processed at Enagás regasification plants in Huelva, Barcelona, and Cartagena.
Baleària has also become the first ferry operator in Europe to receive ISCC EU certification, verifying the traceability and sustainability of its renewable fuels under European Commission rules.
The announcement follows bioLNG bunkering trials at Spanish ports earlier this year and builds on Baleària’s 2021 milestone voyage between Barcelona and Menorca using renewable fuel.
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