Green Lane – low-carbon sea transportation
Finnlines offers the Green Lane service as a way to reduce emissions from travelling. Low emission sea voyages can be powered by electricity or biofuels. Green Lane -transportation service is available for passengers and freight on 22 May 2025.
Green Lane for low-carbon sea transportation – Achieves up to 90% emission reduction
The Green Lane for passengers
The Green Lane will be available for our passengers on Finnlines’ passenger routes: Naantali–Långnäs–Kapellskär, Helsinki–Travemünde, Malmö–Travemünde and Malmö–Świnoujście. When you choose Green Lane, Finnlines replaces the amount of fossil fuel needed for your sea voyage with an equivalent amount of biodiesel in its fleet during the same year.
Using biodiesel instead of traditional fossil fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% over the fuel’s entire life cycle. Bookings via Customer Service and more information from Finnlines Communications.
Biofuel surcharge
Naantali–Långnäs v.v. €3/person
Naantali–Kapellskär v.v. €5 /person
Malmö–Travemünde v.v. €5/person
Malmö–Świnoujście v.v. €5/person
Helsinki–Travemünde v.v. €10/person
The Green Lane for freight
For freight there will be two options for new low emission shipments, electricity or biofuels. Electricity powered shipments are an option on the route between Naantali and Kapellskär whereas low-carbon transportation with biofuels are possible across Finnlines entire network.
Fully electricity powered shipments on the route between Naantali and Kapellskär
The 100% electricity powered shipments is the cleanest option currently available in sea transportation. This service will be available on the busy Naantali–Kapellskär route, which is operated by Finnlines’ newest hybrid ro-pax ships Finnsirius and Finncanopus.
The ships’ 5 MWh batteries are charged with onshore power while at berth, and the energy is utilised at sea to replace fossil fuel, thus enabling green transportation for certain freight units.
Low-carbon transportation with biofuels
The other Green Lane option utilises biofuels derived from renewable sources. The service will be available on short-sea shipping routes, which are of the utmost importance for the security of supplies in the Baltic Sea region, i.e. Naantali–Kapellskär, Malmö–Travemünde, Malmö–Świnoujście and Hanko–Gdynia.
By choosing the biofuel option, Finnlines commits to consuming biodiesel equivalent to the amount of fossil fuel needed for the transportation, within its fleet during the same calendar year. Use of biofuels can reduce well-to-wake greenhouse gas emissions of transport by up to 90% compared with conventional fossil fuels.
The new vessels are methanol-capable
In order to renew and upgrade the fleet, Finnlines has ordered three new vessels that are capable of running on methanol. The ro-pax vessels are expected to enter the route between Helsinki and Travemünde in 2028–2029.
Bookings and additional information
Passenger: Book your trip via Customer Service
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