Tag: LNG bunkering

December 2022 saw the classification of the 5,000-m3 LNG bunker vessel Haugesund Knutsen. A first of its kind, the vessel will bunker LNG in Spanish ports to gas fuel ships for Shell.

The German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) is funding the construction of three new bunker ships for LNG with a total of approximately 62 million euros.

Japanese insurers are expected to keep marine war insurance, covering the sinking and requisition of ships due to war in Russian waters for at least three months for LNG vessels.

Three Japanese insurance companies will stop insuring ships for damage in all Russian waters due to the war in Ukraine, potentially affecting Japan's energy imports such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to international media.

MOL announced that the Sunflower Kurenai, the Japan’s first LNG-fueled ferry received its first LNG fuel supply at the Port of Beppu in Oita Prefecture from Kyuden.

On October 27, JAX LNG, a small-scale LNG facility, welcomed NYK LINE’s Sakura Leader for the ship’s inaugural call to Jacksonville. Sakura Leader offloaded cargo at JAXPORT's Talleyrand Marine Terminal where JAX LNG completed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering of Sakura Leader. 

Titan announced that the Optimus, a 6,200 cbm-capacity LNG bunker vessel (LBV) delivered cargo in the new Hamina LNG terminal in Finland for the first time.

Pavilion Energy and DNV have jointly developed a fit-for-purpose LNG bunker digital solution for employment in the Port of Singapore.

Sovcomflot and Gazprom Neft successfully conducted Russia's first ever bunkering of a marine vessel with LNG, on 23 September.

During Gastech 2022, Schulte Group presented its next generation design for an LNG bunker vessel. The shipping group has used its experience as an LNG bunker vessel owner and operator to develop a new innovative LBV design that is easy-to-use, fulfils present and known future requirements for at-sea LNG bunker deliveries and reduces last-mile costs.