MPA Singapore has awarded a third LNG bunker supplier license to Total’s subsidiary in charge of worldwide bunkering activities, Total Marine Fuels Private Limited, for a five-year term starting January 1st, 2022.
The license follows a 10-year agreement signed by Total back in 2019, to develop an LNG bunker supply chain in the port of Singapore.
It reaffirms the Company’s commitment to contribute to the country’s ambition in becoming a key LNG bunkering hub for Asia. It also underscores Total’s confidence in the role of natural gas for the global maritime industry’s energy transition and in its potential to further reduce carbon emissions from ships, through the development and future introduction of carbon-neutral bioLNG
Total said.
Commenting on the license, Alexis Vovk, President, Marketing & Services at Total, noted that Asia’s demand for LNG bunkering is growing and the contribution of Singapore is of essence for the development of a global LNG bunkering market.
Since November 2020, Total has been operating the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel, the “Gas Agility”, at the Port of Rotterdam. By 2022, it will also launch another newly built LNG bunker vessel in Marseille, while serving the port of Singapore through a third one.
Total’s active efforts to develop LNG bunkering for maritime transport are in line with its climate ambition to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.
