Energy company Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain).
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Passengers will feel like they have arrived in Brittany the moment they step on board this cleaner, greener hybrid ship
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Between 2019 and 2025, five new vessels will have joined the fleet. And each one is much cleaner than the ship she replaces.
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Santoña is powered by cleaner liquefied natural gas (LNG). That means passengers, freight drivers and crew can expect a smoother and quieter ride on this state-of-the-art E-Flexer class ship. Crucially, it also means far fewer air quality and CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from her funnel.
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LNG-Hybrid ship Saint-Malo: plasma cutter shapes first steel section
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Her batteries will boast a capacity of 11.5 MWh, approximately double that typically used for hybrid propulsion in marine vessels.
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Bretagne’s replacement will be a hybrid ship. She will be powered by cleaner LNG (liquefied natural gas), by battery power or by a combination of the two. And she will be called The Saint-Malo.
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“At Brittany Ferries we come from the land, but we are committed to the sea,” affirmed Jean-Marc Roué, Brittany Ferries president and working farmer, this weekend. “Nothing sympbolises this relationship more than the Pink Roscoff Onion.
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25 March 2022: The UK’s first LNG-powered ferry leaves Portsmouth this weekend, on its inaugural voyage to Spain.
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Salamanca is the first of four LNG vessels to join the fleet, two of which will be LNG-hybrid ships. Paving the way for even lower emissions.
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Salamanca will arrive at the port of Suez, at the southern end of the canal on New Year’s Day 2022, before entering the canal a day later. This follows a 7,529-nautical mile journey from China crossing the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
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Investment in new ships was made well before the pandemic began, but a trio of cleaner, more efficient and comfortable vessels will help secure the company’s future ensuring the continuity of passenger and freight services.
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LNG powered vessel represents the next step in a fleet renewal and investment programme worth around €550m
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Brittany Ferries has signed an agreement with Spanish energy company Repsol for the delivery of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to its Spanish operations.
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In just seven days Honfleur has taken to the water for the first time, grown in height by around 20 metres, and acquired her distinctive profile.
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The launch of Honfleur is the third milestone in her construction , following cutting of the first steel in March, 2018 and laying of the keel in August.
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12 March 2018: The steel cutting ceremony in Flensburg, Germany, marks the first step in the construction of Brittany Ferries’ Honfleur, a ship that will take little over a year to complete.
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When delivered Honfleur will be the first passenger ship in the world to be equipped with on board cranes that allow 40 feet (ISO standard) LNG containers to be lifted into a fixed position.
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Honfleur promises to be the most environmentally friendly ship regularly operating in UK waters when she takes to the seas in June 2019. But she will also be a ship that presents a canvas of modernity, comfort and relaxation for passengers on the company’s busiest route, operating from Portsmouth to Caen.
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Le navire « Honfleur » sera l’un des navires les plus respectueux de l’environnement opérant sur la Manche, lors de sa mise en service en juin 2019. Le navire, qui sera exploité sur la ligne Caen-Ouistreham/Portsmouth, la plus fréquentée de la Compagnie, proposera aux passagers un service alliant modernité, confort et relaxation.
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