As part of its commitment to build a sustainable maritime infrastructure, Swedish shipping company Wallenius Sol has launched a new biogas offering that enables customers to “lighten the load” by purchasing liquefied biogas (LBG) corresponding to their transport’s fuel consumption.
According to Wallenius, the product is ISCC-certified and meets strict sustainability and traceability standards, enabling carbon footprint reduction and lowered ETS costs.
Using the mass balance principle, a proportion of LBG relative to the consumption, from 10, 25, 50, 75, to 100% biogas, can be selected, Wallenius revealed, adding that the amount of biogas is liquefied, mixed with LNG and incorporated into the overall fuel mix.
Elvir Dzanic, CEO of Wallenius Sol, said: “It might seem odd for us, as a shipping company, to encourage our customers to ‘lighten the load,’ but in this case, we’re talking about lightening our impact on the planet by shifting to renewable fuels.”
Rebecca Tagaeus, Sustainability Manager at Wallenius Sol, noted: “Reducing environmental impact is a collaborative effort. By enabling our customers to choose the proportion of biogas they wish to use, we facilitate a gradual transition away from fossil fuels. Even a small step today is better than no step at all.”
“At our own expense, we have already begun blending a small amount of biogas into our fuel mix. Together with our customers, we can accelerate the transition to renewable fuels. This is a natural step forward to fulfil our vision as logistical pioneers with an industrial mindset.”
To remind, in 2022, Wallenius Sol took delivery of what are said to be the “world’s largest” ice-classed ConRo vessels with multi-fuel capabilities, Botnia Enabler and Baltic Enabler . These vessels, which can run on LNG, LBG, diesel and synthetic diesel, are ranked at the top of the RoRo 1A super category for the lowest CO2 emissions per tonne per nautical mile, as per EMSA’s MRV report. In 2024, Finnish energy company Gasum performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunker deliveries in Travemünde, Germany, supplying LNG to these vessels.