Tag: LNG bunkering

In a bid to support LNG bunkering and breakbulk activities in the port, MPA Singapore announced the introduction of a new volumetric fee on LNG cargo operations by MPA-approved floating storage units and floating storage regasification units berthed at MPA-approved berths.  

GTT and its partner Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co. (HZ) obtained a double Approval in Principle (AiP) for the “Ballast-Water-Free” LNG Bunker & Feeder vessel concept.

Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company Petronas announced it successfully conducted the first LNG bunkering operation at the Pintu Gedung anchorage, Port Klang, Malaysia.

The International Gas Union (IGU) released its World LNG Report, providing information on key developments and trends in the LNG sector.

A newly-completed joint development project (JDP) deployed simulation and modeling of carbon footprints of a VLCC to give insight into energy efficiency technologies and LNG bunkering analysis. 

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority and Stabilis have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the use of LNG as a marine fuel at the Port of Corpus Christi.

Japan’s port of Tokyo will waive an entry fee from April, for ships fueled by LNG and hydrogen, as well as LNG bunkering ships. This is an attempt to promote the use of cleaner marine fuels.

The first LNG bunkering operation to be carried out in Gibraltar recently took place when the Shell chartered LNG bunker vessel Coral Methane supplied LNG to Lomosov Prospect, an Aframax tanker operated by Sovcomflot. 

On 23rd March 2021, Port of Antwerp, Fluxys and Titan LNG christened a new LNG bunker vessel named as "FlexFueler 002 ". Owned by gas infrastructure group Fluxys and the leading LNG supplier Titan LNG,  the bunker barge ensures that ships can refuel with LNG anywhere in the port.

On 24th March, 2021, Asia marked its first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, undertaken by CMA CGM and FueLNG at the Port of Singapore.