Port of Bilbao partners with UK to build green corridors on three routes

The Spanish Port of Bilbao is partnering with the British Embassy in Spain to develop at least three shipping routes into green corridors, including the Bilbao-UK route.

PHOTO: Two of the three ro-ro vessels that connect passengers and vehicles in Bilbao with the UK and the Ireland. Bilbao Port

Together with the non-profit Global Maritime Forum, Bilbao's port authority and the British Embassy have also identified routes departing from Santander and A Coruna as potential green corridors.

Following the preliminary identification, all three routes will be developed as green corridors on a joint basis by public and private institutions, the Port of Bilbao says.

Over the past year, there have been a number of green corridor projects announced around the world. These projects will typically be driven by a mixture of companies and authorities that assess the readiness of alternative fuels supply in ports and the technological readiness of the ships operating between the ports.

The idea is to develop green bunker fuel supply chains and infrastructure to encourage first-movers on both the supply and demand side, and to eventually tap into the lessons learned from testing for wider adoption along other corridors and in other regions.

By Debarati Bhattacharjee

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