Wallenius SOL’s dual-fuel vessels have joined Gasum’s FuelEU Maritime pool as compliance generators.
Wallenius SOL operates regular scheduled services between several ports in northern Finland and Sweden, Germany, the Benelux region and the UK, handling trailers, containers and project cargo, for example, for the paper and steel industries. Its customers can now benefit from low-emission transports for their goods because of the FuelEU Maritime cooperation with Gasum.
“We aim to be the natural partner for sustainable sea logistics in the Gulf of Bothnia and across the European continent. Together with Gasum, we are scaling the use of renewable gases at sea,” said Rebecca Tagaeus, chief sustainability officer at Wallenius SOL. ”Switching to bio-LNG for our Enabler-class vessels is clear proof that our Roadmap is delivering – and that we are investing in our customers’ climate goals while accelerating the green transition across the Nordics.”
The collaboration allows Gasum to open up more regulation surplus to shipowners, according to Jacob Granqvist, vice president, maritime, Gasum. “The window for securing compliance for 2025 is closing rapidly and the available capacity may run out before the year end. Pooling is a brilliant and easy opportunity for all maritime actors to join forces in lowering emissions from the industry together,” he said.
Effective this year, owners of vessels calling at EU ports are required to reduce the carbon intensity of used fuel by 2 percent. In practice, this means using a certain portion of lower emission biofuels. Gasum takes responsibility for managing its pool and provides the right amount of bio-LNG to designated compliance generator vessels within the pool. DNV ensures the pool is in balance at the end of the year.
