The Dutch oil major Shell, recently completed the first “ship-to ship” LNG bunkering operation on the Costa Smeralda, at the French port of Marseille Fos.
Namely, the first LNG bunkering operation in France, was conducted by Shell and Carnival on Monday 4 May.
The Costa Smeralda, operated by Costa of the Carnival Group and berthed in the Port of Marseille Fos, required an LNG delivery. Shell, under contract with Carnival, is supplying the LNG through one of their bunker vessels.
….Port of Marseille Fos said.
What is more, Shell successfully supplied the chilled fuel to the cruise ship via Anthony Veder’s converted LNG bunkering vessel Coral Methane.
The operation was carried out in perfect coordination between the ship services of the Port of Marseille Fos (lookout, piloting, towing, mooring), the crew of the Costa Smeralda, Shell team and the crew of the Coral Methane operated by the Dutch shipowner Anthony Veder.
For the records, this is not the first LNG bunkering operation for both Coral Methane and Costa Smeralda. Specifically, back in December 2019, the vessels conducted a bunkering operation at the Port of Barcelona.
