Baleària and the ports of Valencia and Palma have signed today a collaboration agreement to develop the first green maritime corridor in Spain. The initiative, which promotes the decarbonization of the maritime-port sector, sets the year 2030 as the horizon for operating with zero emissions on this route, through the use of biofuels in the two Baleària ships that provide passenger and freight transport services on this line.
The president of Baleària, Adolfo Utor; the president of the Port Authority of Valencia, Mar Chao, and the president of the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands, Javier Sanz, signed the agreement today at the presentation of the project in Valencia, which was attended by Joan Groizard, Secretary of State for Energy of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, and Benito Núñez, Secretary General for Air and Maritime Transport of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, as well as Susana Camarero, First Vice President of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Baleària’s commitment to the València-Palma route
Baleària aims to decarbonize the route between Valencia and Palma by 2030. To this end, it will assign to this line
The president of Baleària, Adolfo Utor, stressed that this is a pioneering project for the decarbonization of the Spanish maritime sector: “It is a sustainable competitive bet, which will anticipate two decades to the goal of zero emissions by 2050. The
Port infrastructures and low-carbon fuels
For their part, the port authorities of Valencia and the Balearic Islands, as part of their decarbonization plans, will accelerate the construction of infrastructures for charging batteries in port and explore the availability and development of low-carbon fuels.
The president of the Balearic Islands Port Authority, Javier Sanz, stressed: “Protecting our sea and our cities is compatible with port development; in fact, it is a condition for sustainable development. The Balearic ports have the responsibility and the opportunity to lead the transition towards cleaner and quieter maritime activities”.
Institutional support for energy transition
On the other hand, the president of Valenciaport, Mar Chao, has pointed out that “this green corridor reinforces the leadership of the company that promotes it and contributes to reinforce the struggle of the port community of Valenciaport in the process of decarbonization that unites us”. He also explained that the project is in line with the roadmap set by the Port Authority through the Net Zero Emissions Plan.
The First Vice-President of the Valencian Government and Minister of Housing, Employment, Youth and Equality, Susana Camarero, highlighted the leadership of the Valencian Community and its companies, such as Baleària, in energy transition and sustainable mobility: “This project is a commitment to the future that unites territories, economies and a shared way of understanding progress based on sustainability, innovation and responsibility“.
For his part, Joan Groizard, Secretary of State for Energy, highlighted the Government’s commitment to the decarbonization of maritime transport: “We are planning a major electrification of ports and we are promoting the penetration of renewables in maritime transport. The wind is now blowing in our favor to strengthen an investment full of future, in industry and innovation, at the service of port activity and maritime traffic”.
Baleària’s green maritime corridor between the ports of Valencia and Palma will play a key role in the decarbonization of the maritime-port sector and will represent a significant advance in the emission-free mobility of passengers and essential goods between the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
