Enagás has successfully completed the first loading of bioLNG in Spain in its Regasification Plant in Cartagena Port, onto a supply ship for a subsequent supply operation onto a container ship (ship to ship).
This operation, the largest in volume to date in the country, consisted in the supply of approximately 3,500 cubic metres of bioLNG to the supply ship Avenir Aspiration, chartered by Axpo, and was made possible thanks to the coordination with the Cartagena Port Authority (APC, in its Spanish initials).
Avenir Aspiration ship supplied with bioLNG by Enagás at the Cartagena Plant
This milestone is reached after the start-up of the bioLNG service at the Regasification Plant in Cartagena, which has been certified by the European Union (ISCC EU) International Sustainability and Carbon Certification since last July, and which guarantees that the facility complies with all environmental, social and traceability criteria established by the European Commission.
With the addition of this service to the Cartagena terminal, Enagás strengthens its offering of logistics services for loading bioLNG on ships and tankers, already available at the regasification plants located in Huelva and Barcelona.
This progress is in addition to more than ten years of work by Enagás promoting the decarbonisation of transport and the adaptation of its infrastructures, which have provided the Cartagena terminal with renovated facilities to facilitate this type of activity and a pontoon specifically dedicated to small-scale ship operations.
The Port Authority has highlighted this operation, which marks a new milestone in the Port of Cartagena, where the APC's firm commitment to investment in cutting-edge infrastructures, the continuous improvement of logistics services and adaptation to the new demands of the energy market have been key. With this operation, Cartagena consolidates its role as a leader in sustainability and energy transition, and reaffirms its strategic position on the trade routes of the future.
A boost to bunkering in Spain
This service, which uses the interconnected infrastructure so that the biomethane injected into the gas network is recognised as BioLNG – liquid biofuel obtained through the processing of domestic and industrial organic waste – and supplied from these regasification plants, contributes to the achievement of the European decarbonisation objectives in sea and land transport.
As a result, liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering has registered exponential growth in recent years in Spain, multiplying its activity nine-fold from 2022 to 2024. This growth continues this year: between January and June 2025, 2.2 TWh of LNG have been loaded, a growth of 30% compared with the same period last year.
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