Tag: LNG bunkering

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.

Mr George Polychroniou, Executive Director Strategy and Business Development DEPA COMMERCIAL, and Project Manager of the European project Poseidon Med II, explains the reasons why the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel can lead marine transportation to a greener and more sustainable future, in a cost – efficient manner for ship-owners.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) recently awarded a third LNG bunker supplier licence to Total Marine Fuels Private Limited for a five-year term, starting 1st of January 2022.

K Line has successfully commenced technical management of Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel “FUELNG BELLINA”.

The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of a foreign-flagged vessel took place at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), US, when 1,800 m3 (~450,000 gallons) of LNG were loaded from North America’s first LNG bunker barge, the Clean Jacksonville, to the LNG-powered vehicle carrier, Siem Confucius, at Blount Island Marine Terminal.

Peninsula, a marine fuels solutions company, announced that in partnership with PETRONAS Marine, they successfully completed their first LNG bunker supply to its customer H-Line in Malaysian waters.

The world’s largest dual-purpose, LNG supply and bunkering vessel 'Avenir Allegiance' was launched at Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard Co. Ltd., China, on 27 January.