Baleària began regularly incorporating bioLNG into its operations, after initiating the exclusive use of the product on its vessels Margarita Salas, Abel Matutes and Rusadir with dual gas engines.
The company acquired 132 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of bioLNG, which will allow the three ships to sail emission-free until December 2025. This volume, supplied in just four months, is equivalent to 13% of the LNG consumed by the entire gas fleet of the shipping company in 2024.
The use of this biofuel between September and December will prevent the emission of 80,300 tonnes of CO2, the annual equivalent of removing 153,500 cars from the roads or planting 160,650 trees.
The biomethane, produced from livestock manure, captures and recovers methane that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, transforming it into useful energy for maritime transport. The supplied resource is converted into bioLNG thanks to the conversion service at Enagás’s regasification plants, already operational in Huelva, Barcelona and Cartagena.
“The use of bioLNG on our regular routes represents a real and verifiable advance in our commitment to achieving net zero emissions,” explained Georges Bassoul, CEO of Baleària.
“The investments we have made in recent years in our fleet to equip it with dual engines allow us to use this renewable fuel, which prevents the emission of greenhouse gases and accelerates decarbonization,” stated Bassoul.
It is worth noting that, in the first quarter of 2025, Baleària carried out the first bioLNG supply tests in Spanish port terminals and, already in 2021, completed Europe’s first decarbonized voyage between Barcelona and Menorca.
