Alternative Fuels

Cruise ship bunkered with LBM in Barcelona

October 17, 2025

A TUI Cruises-operated dual-fuel cruise ship has received 2,000 cbm (894 mt) of liquefied biomethane (LBM) during a bunkering operation at the Port of Barcelona.

IMAGE: Ship-to-ship bunkering of dual-fuel cruise ship Mein Schiff Relax. Linkedin of TUI Cruises


The LBM was supplied by Shell, TUI Cruises said.

The ship-to-ship bunkering of Mein Schiff Relax cruise ship was conducted via the barge Haugesund Knutsen, owned by Knutsen Scale Gas and chartered by Shell.

This marked the vessel's second ship-to-ship LBM bunkering operation in Barcelona, following the first one in August.

By Konica Bhatt

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