St1 Biokraft starts Swedish biogas deliveries to Destination Gotland ferries

St1 Biokraft on June 22 began delivering Swedish biogas to Destination Gotland, enough for about 30 one-way crossings between Visby and Nynäshamn. About 10 of those sailings were covered by Swedish-produced gas, with bunkering taking place in the port of Visby in cooperation with Avenir for the summer season and Almedalen Week 2026.

The order was St1 Biokraft’s first delivery to Destination Gotland and its first supply of Swedish-produced biogas to the shipping sector. Sohrab Moshiri, St1 Biokraft’s head of sales, said Swedish production capacity was still being scaled up and that the company aims to expand its own capacity so it can eventually supply only Swedish gas to this type of customer. Adam Jacobsson, Destination Gotland’s sales and marketing manager, said a significant share of the order was Swedish-produced and supported a local supply chain for the operator’s energy needs.

The Visby delivery followed St1 and St1 Biokraft’s first supply of Swedish biogas for shipping in May 2025, when the companies bunkered fuel through Nordion Energi’s facility at the Port of Gothenburg. Nordion Energi said at the end of 2024 it had taken an investment decision to build a biogas liquefaction plant at the port, a project intended to open new routes for biogas producers into the maritime market and support shipping, heavy transport and industry as they shift to renewable gas. Therese Jällbrink, head of renewable energy at the Port of Gothenburg, said coordination across the value chain was a prerequisite for speeding up the transition, while St1 Biokraft’s Ted Gustavsson described the Gothenburg liquefaction plant as a strategic step toward competitive liquefied biogas for shipping.

Gotlandsbolaget has meanwhile built out its own longer-term fuel supply. In December 2024, it said it was investing with Andion CH4 Renewables and Equitix New Generation Fund in a biogas plant outside Eskilstuna planned to start production at the end of 2026 and make about 5,400 tonnes of liquefied biogas a year. Gotlandsbolaget said Destination Gotland would buy most of the output over 10 years, covering roughly 8 percent to 10 percent of annual fuel needs and cutting carbon dioxide emissions by about 100,000 tonnes over the period versus fossil LNG. The company has set a goal of climate-neutral crossings between Gotland and the mainland by 2045 at the latest.