Brittany Ferries has actually authorized a contract with Spanish power business Repsol for the distribution of Liquefied Natural Gas to its Spanish procedures. A letter of intent in between both firms supplies the basis for the lasting supply of LNG-fuel as well as shoreside facilities to the brand-new LNG-powered cruise-ferry Salamanca, which is set up to go into solution in 2022.

Under the arrangement Repsol will certainly mount a taken care of quayside LNG storage space as well as supply system in among Brittany Ferries’ 2 Spanish ports, Santander orBilbao Repsol will certainly after that provide LNG shelter gas to Brittany Ferries’ Salamanca throughout the ship’s normal gos to on courses connecting Portsmouth, UK as well as northSpain A decision on the place of the terminal will certainly be made later on in 2019.

Fr édéric Pouget, Brittany Ferries’ Fleet as well as Operations Director remarks: “Liquefied gas provides significant ecological benefits contrasted to typical marine gas, as well as we’re very completely satisfied to be dealing with Repsol on LNG bunkering setups for our Spanish ferryboat procedures.

“Salamanca will be our second LNG-powered ship, but the first to operate to and from Spain. This new terminal will allow for regular, flexible and reliable deliveries whilst Salamanca is alongside.”

Salamanca adheres to Honfleur (presently incomplete in Germany as well as because of go into solution late 2019) as the 2nd LNG-powered ship in Brittany Ferries’ fleet. LNG supplies significant ecological benefits, decreasing co2, as well as reducing sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide as well as particle exhausts to practically absolutely no.

Construction of the brand-new ship is prepared at the Avic International Weihai shipyard inChina Under the arrangement in between Brittany Ferries as well as Repsol, the supply of LNG will certainly start in 2022, accompanying Salamanca’s access right into solution.