by Steve Esau, COO, SEA-LNG

A decade ago, liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel was largely confined to short-sea shipping corridors in Northern Europe.

Today, SEA-LNG's 2025-26 A View from the Bridge annual assessment - titled The Journey: A Decade Moving Towards a Cleaner Future - shows a picture transformed beyond recognition.

The methane decarbonisation pathway, advancing from fossil LNG through liquefied biomethane (LBM) to e-methane, has become, as our organisation describes it, a clear runway to a cleaner future.

Nowhere is that transformation more evident than in the ports and sea lanes of the Baltic and North Sea regions, where LBM uptake has accelerated from pilot project to commercial reality at remarkable speed.

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