Titan Clean Fuels reports that it has completed the first delivery of liquefied biomethane (LBM) to Brittany Ferries' Saint-Malo during a regular bunkering operation at Portsmouth International Port using Elenger Marine's Optimus bunkering vessel.

The hybrid ferry, which operates between Saint-Malo and Portsmouth, runs on LNG, battery power, or a combination of both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Titan pointed out that LBM can be integrated into existing LNG bunkering infrastructure, including LNG-fuelled ships, and blended with LNG or e-methane at any ratio without requiring vessel modifications.

"This flexibility enables operators to pursue initial emissions reductions through LNG and by introducing biomethane in line with their voluntary and regulatory emissions targets," the company added.

LBM delivers overcompliance with the FuelEU Maritime regulation, presenting benefits through pooling, banking, and borrowing mechanisms. Pooling allows operators to combine over- and under-compliant ships' balances, enabling pools to offset individual deficits or surpluses. Banking involves carrying surplus compliance to the following year, while borrowing means using next year's surplus early with interest.

The FuelEU Maritime regulation, which entered force in January, requires ships to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of energy used on board by 2% from 2025, increasing to 80% by 2050.

Titan said the latest LNG and LBM bunkering operation demonstrates that methane decarbonisation is delivering environmental performance today rather than representing a future promise.

Based in Amsterdam, Titan performs ship-to-ship (STS) deliveries via owned vessels in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region, and truck-to-ship (TTS) operations from various ports in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and the UK.

Additionally, the firm states it has previously supplied fuel in Cape Verde Islands, the Caribbean, Indonesia, the Mediterranean and Singapore via spot charters, and also chartered vessels long-term to conduct STS operations.

Earlier this month, Titan Energy Holding, the parent company of Titan Clean Fuels, was fully acquired by Molgas Energy Group. It followed an initial 45% stake purchase.

According to ship-tracking data, the Latvia-flagged Optimus arrived in Portsmouth during the morning of October 22 and departed for Rotterdam later that evening.