Axpo & Baleària Completes World’s First Carbon-free Ferry Trial

  • Axpo Iberia and the Spanish ferry operator Baleària reached an important milestone for zero-emission maritime shipping.
  • For the first time in Europe, a high-speed ferry has made a test crossing using only fuel from 100% renewable sources.

The ferry ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’, flagship of the Baleària fleet, is equipped with natural gas hybrid engines and completed the route of 133 nautical miles between Barcelona and Ciutadella (Menorca) using renewable biomethane certified by Axpo Iberia, reaching...

https://mfame.guru/axpo-balearia-completes-worlds-first-carbon-free-ferry-trial/

CMA CGM To Enhance Environmental Performance With Biomethane

On April 8, 2021, Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Group Chairman & CEO, announced in his address to the United Nations Global Compact the support of the production of 12,000 tons of biomethane (equivalent to one-year’s consumption of two 1,400-TEU vessels), reports Marine Insight.

Renewable gas

Biomethane is a renewable green gas produced from sources including organic and plant waste from European agriculture that is processed at methanation facilities.

Thanks to biomethane, the CMA CGM Group, a world...

https://mfame.guru/cma-cgm-to-enhance-environmental-performance-with-biomethane/

CMA CGM Picks Biomethane for 1st Low-carbon Shipping 

CMA CGM launches a first low-carbon shipping solution, bringing the Group a step closer toward carbon neutrality, says a press release published on their website.

Low-carbon shipping

CMA CGM provides customers with a new and immediately available solution, bringing the Group a step closer toward carbon neutrality, with biomethane, non-fossil energy.

12,000 tonnes of biomethane, the equivalent of two 1,400-TEU LNG-powered ships on an intra-European service for a whole year.

CO2 emissions reduction

An...

https://mfame.guru/cma-cgm-picks-biomethane-for-1st-low-carbon-shipping/

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