{"id":5816,"date":"2025-10-30T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/10\/30\/portsmouth-plays-host-to-biolng-delivery\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:19:08","slug":"portsmouth-plays-host-to-biolng-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/alternative-fuels-greenport\/portsmouth-plays-host-to-biolng-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth plays host to bioLNG delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The delivery was conducted using Titan\u2019s dedicated bunkering vessel, <em>Optimus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Saint-Malo<\/em> is a hybrid ferry capable of operating on LNG, battery power, or a combination of both to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This latest LBM delivery marks an important step in Brittany Ferries\u2019 broader decarbonisation strategy, as the company continues to invest in cleaner propulsion technologies and sustainable fuel solutions.<\/p>\n<p>LBM provides a pathway for operators to exceed the requirements of the upcoming FuelEU Maritime Regulation. It enables flexible compliance through mechanisms such as pooling, banking and borrowing \u2013 allowing shipping companies to balance emissions across fleets and time periods.<\/p>\n<p>Because bioLNG can be used within existing LNG infrastructure and blended at any ratio with LNG or e-methane without vessel modification, it offers a practical and scalable solution for progressive emissions reduction.<\/p>\n<p>Titan\u2019s operation demonstrates the growing maturity of the methane decarbonisation pathway and reinforces that lower-carbon maritime fuels are already delivering measurable environmental benefits today, not just in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titan has completed its first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and bioLNG (liquefied biomethane, or LBM) to Brittany Ferries\u2019 new hybrid vessel Saint-Malo during a recent regular bunkering operation at Portsmouth International Port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,34],"tags":[40,2232,320,379,183,479],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-europe-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biolng","tag-biomethane","tag-brittany-ferries","tag-lng","tag-titan-lng"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816","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=5816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5818,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5816\/revisions\/5818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5816"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}