Elenger Marine informed that it has completed the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in Estonia with its newbuild vessel Optimus.
The bunkering operation, which marked the first LNG supply for the recently completed vessel, took place at the Old City Harbour of Tallinn on November 5.
Elenger also christened the vessel in this same port two days before this operation, afterits arrival from Damen’s yard in Rotterdam.
During the first operation, the 99.8 meters long 6,000-cbm bunkering vessel delivered LNG to Tallink’s RoPax ferry Megastar. Previously, the ferry only bunkered LNG in Estonia via the truck-to-ship method.
Elenger, the new trademark introduced by Eesti Gaas for its export markets, charters the vessel owned by Infortar. Tallink is also part of the latter.
According to Elenger, Optimus is the first such ship in the region, and it will work in the part of the Baltic Sea centered around the Gulf of Finland.
The vessel can bunker tankers, cargo ships, passenger vessels, and cruise ships in ports and in offshore waters.
