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Viking Line fuels Finnish dairy firm’s green supply chain

[ May 8, 2025   //   ]

Food manufacturer Valio’s products are now being transported across the Gulf of Finland with 90% fewer emissions thanks to a green shipping corridor between Turku and Stockholm.

Dairy products have been moving on Viking Line’s biofuel cruise-ferries Viking Glory and Viking Grace since early May. The green shipping corridor will help Valio to achieve a fully carbon-neutral milk chain by 2035.

The vessels use biofuel made from waste (liquefied biogas or LBG) which produces only nine tenths of the greenhouse gas emissions of conventional fossil fuels.

Viking Line freight director, Harri Tamminen said: “Fossil-free maritime transport is still rare – globally, it accounts for only about 0.1 per cent of maritime traffic. However, maritime transport’s green transition is possible here and now, which is demonstrated by choosing fossil-free maritime transport on our vessels.

“We hope more and more of our cargo customers will choose biogas for their transport,” says The transport chain for shipping Valio’s products to Sweden begins at the company’s operational sites across Finland.”

Valio Sweden’s sustainability manager, Anette Björnlund, added: “We have worked with great focus to reduce our emissions throughout the value chain. We can now proudly announce that our goods transports – both by lorry and by ship – are completely fossil-free. This is one step towards our goal of achieving a totally carbon-neutral milk chain by 2035.”

The green shipping corridor is being developed between Turku and Stockholm, which will be fully in place by 2035. An important part of this work is increasing the share of biofuel used on Viking Line’s vessels

Along with Valio, the Norwegian conglomerate Orkla ASA has chosen Viking Line’s green maritime cargo transport option, shipping Felix ketchup from Sweden to Finland on vessels fuelled by biogas.

In addition to its cargo customers, Viking Line also offers other passengers and its conference customers the option of purchasing biogas equivalent to the amount used for their trip, also cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 90%.

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