First visit of Guillaume de Normandie into Portsmouth. Tuesday 1 April 2025. She marks the final step in the biggest fleet renewal programme in company history.
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The first-ever LNG re-fuelling operation took place in Portsmouth International Port.
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While the first call of Saint-Malo generated plenty of noise and fanfare, there was nothing to see from her funnel:
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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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