Stena Line launches the world’s first methanol ferry
Sustainable sea transports demand new solutions for the future. Stena Line has chosen to focus its attention on the alternative fuel methanol, and now the world’s first methanol powered ferry, the Stena Germanica, has been launched on the Kiel–Gothenburg route. On 26 March, the Stena Germanica re-entered service after a couple of months’ lay off to facilitate conversion work. Now, as the world’s first methanol powered ferry goes into service, Stena Line is the first shipping company to operate a ferry with environmentally friendly methanol as the main fuel. On Friday the 27[th ]March