LNG Bunkers

ClassNK Releases Guideline for LNG Bunkering Ships

ClassNK releases guidelines for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, says a press release published on their website.

Guideline outline

ClassNK in its publication released its Guideline for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, outlining the additional safety requirements of liquefied gas carriers that supply LNG fuel at sea.

Environmental Benefit

The number of LNG-fueled ships has been increasing in recent years as their CO2, SOx, and NOx emissions have a lower...

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Rotterdam Port Expects A Rise of LNG Bunker Fuel Use

  • Europe’s largest seaport expects throughput of LNG as a bunker fuel to increase to around 30,000 tonnes this year, up from 9,500 tonnes in 2018.
  • The growth in bunkering fuel is part of the rapidly increasing LNG traffic in Rotterdam, where total LNG throughput doubled to almost 4 million tonnes in the first half of 2019.
  • This facility has already pumped the equivalent of more than 60 billion terawatt hour of gas into the European network this year.
  • The facility currently has a storage capacity...

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Titan LNG’s Bunkering Pontoon Performs First in Rotterdam Port

Titan LNG announced that its new LNG bunker barge FlexFueler001 Pontoon has completed its first bunkering operation in Rotterdam port on 14 June 2019, says an article published in LNG World News.

Accredited to deliver by inland water barge

LNG was supplied to the company’s long-term customer Norlines in the Port of Rotterdam, said Titan LNG.

This makes Titan LNG the first accredited LNG bunker supplier able to deliver by inland water barge.

FlexFueler series

The FlexFueler001 is part of a series...

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Singapore’s Pavilion Energy Charters First LNG bunker Vessel

In a major development, Singapore’s Pavilion Energy announced on Monday that they have chartered their first liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel which would be used in bunkering, or marine refueling, in the city-state, reports Reuters.

The 12,000-cubic meter LNG bunker vessel, the biggest such ship set for use in the Port of Singapore, will be owned by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), built by Sembcorp Marine in Singapore and will be delivered by early 2021, Pavilion Energy said.

What prompted the...

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