Green Corridor between Port of Holyhead and Port of Dublin

The Green Corridor initiative is a collaboration between the ports of Holyhead and Dublin with ferry operators Stena Line and Irish Ferries, supported by the environmental consultancy Ricardo, Maynooth University, and EDF. The initiative has received £122,303 (nearly $150,000) in grant funding from the International Green Corridor Fund, funded by the governments of Ireland and the UK, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK and Ireland’s Marine Institute supported by the respective Departments of Transport in UK and Ireland. The initial focus will be on vessels operated by Irish Ferries and Stena Line and the potential for e-methanol as an alternative fuel. The feasibility of other alternative fuels will also be considered. The Holyhead-Dublin trade route is the busiest roll-on/roll-off routes between the UK and Ireland. In 2022, nearly 1.5 million people travelled this route, with over 6,000 sailings accounting for more than 74% of all ferry passenger movements between the two countries.