Wasaline has made it possible also for private travellers to pay a nominal voluntary fee when crossing between Umeå and Vaasa on board the company's Aurora Botnia ferry.
The climate compensation scheme, earlier introduced for cargo customers, is used to buy bio liquefied natural gas to propel the vessel.
"By operating with biogas and batteries, the journey is climate neutral. Since Aurora Botnia started in traffic, we have reduced CO2 emissions by 27.1% and last year (2023) 10% of our journeys were operated with biogas. Our goal for 2024 is to reduce our CO2 footprint by 15%," highlighted Peter Ståhlberg, Wasaline's Managing Director.
The company also offers intermodal transports from Umeå to Gothenburg and Trelleborg to cut overland emissions of the (wheeled cargo) transportation sector.
Together with Kvarken Ports, the port company managing Umeå and Vaasa, Wasaline works towards making the crossing a Green Shipping Corridor by 2030.
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