Swedish ferry company Stena Line is accelerating the transition towards fossil-free shipping and presents its plan to reduce total CO2 emissions by as much as 30% until 2030.
Despite a challenging year, the shipping company continued to reduce its total carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Emissions also decreased per nautical mile sailed by -2.3%/nm, which shows that the ships have become even more energy efficient in 2020.
“We are working hard to reduce our fuel consumption and emissions, while at the same time exploring tomorrow’s fuels and technologies,” Erik Lewenhaupt , Group Head of Sustainability at Stena Line, commented.
“ The main drivers behind the reduction of emission in 2020 are that we have introduced three new, and up to 30% more energy-efficient vessels, on the Irish Sea . We have also introduced renewable shore electricity during port calls in Kiel and five more ships in the fleet have been equipped with the AI assistant Stena Fuel Pilot to support our captains in operating the vessels in the most energy-efficient way.”
Stena Line claims it is already ten years ahead of international IMO shipping emission reduction targets. Even so the company has chosen to accelerate the transition towards fossil-free shipping and plans to reduce total CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030, which will be achieved, among other things, by launching the fossil-free vessel Stena Elektra on the Gothenburg-Frederikshavn route.
By 2050, the shipping company aims to be completely fossil-free.
Stena Line’s carbon-roadmap
Stena Line has identified four key areas to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2030, in order to achieve the ambitious target to become completely fossil-free by 2050.
These include the electrification of shipping, exploring alternative fuels, fleet modernization and using artificial intelligence on board.
Electrification of shipping:
Exploring alternative fuels:
Modernising the fleet:
Artificial intelligence onboard:
The ferry company operates 37 vessels on 17 routes in Northern Europe, with 25,000 sailings each year.