The shortsea shipping operator is now exclusively operating its fast ferry Margarita Salas and ferries Abel Matutes and Rusadir on bioLNG, serving the Barcelona\u2013Alc\u00fadia\u2013Ciutadella and M\u00e1laga\u2013Melilla routes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe use of bioLNG on our regular routes represents a real and verifiable step forward in our commitment to achieving net-zero emissions,\u201d said Georges Bassoul, CEO of Bale\u00e0ria.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur investment in dual-engine technology has made it possible to adopt this renewable fuel, cutting greenhouse gases and accelerating decarbonisation across our ferry operations.\u201d<\/p>\n
A cleaner choice<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>bioLNG, which accounts for 13% of Bale\u00e0ria\u2019s total LNG consumption in 2024, enables the vessels to sail with zero emissions while contributing to cleaner port operations and reduced greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s procurement of 132 gigawatt-hours of bioLNG will allow its three ships to operate emission-free until December 2025, avoiding the release of 80,300 tonnes of CO\u2082.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the equivalent of removing over 150,000 cars from the road.<\/p>\n As the first European ferry company to receive ISCC EU certification for biofuel management, Bale\u00e0ria said it is helping set a new benchmark for sustainable ferry and port decarbonisation.<\/p>\n The switch to bioLNG by operators such Bale\u00e0ria has wider implications for Spanish ports too – biofuels are transforming ferry ports into hubs for sustainable shipping.<\/p>\n In the first quarter of 2025, Bale\u00e0ria carried out the first bioLNG supply tests at Spanish port terminals.<\/p>\n Methane is first captured from livestock and then converted into bioLNG at Enag\u00e1s\u2019 plants in Huelva, Barcelona and Cartagena.<\/p>\n So increased opportunities for the supply and storage of the fuel are also something that the ports are benefitting from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bale\u00e0ria has begun using 100% bioLNG across three of its ferries, marking a major step in port decarbonisation and the use of alternative fuels in ferry crossings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[40,2232,144,1085,561,1808,361,482,2306],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biolng","tag-ferries","tag-fuel-supply","tag-green-corridors","tag-port-decarbonisation","tag-port-emissions","tag-shortsea-shipping","tag-spanish-ports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5754,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5752\/revisions\/5754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5752"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}