STS operations

Containerships performs its first STS LNG bunkering in Port of Rotterdam

Finnish company Containerships became the first container shipping line in Europe to perform ship-to-ship LNG bunkering, on 24 January, when its first LNG-fueled container ship, ‘Containerships Nord’, successfully underwent her first LNG bunkering at the Port of Rotterdam.

Around 240 metric tons of LNG was bunkered to the vessel, an amount that can take her on a roundtrip from Rotterdam to St. Petersburg and back sailing through the Kiel canal twice.

The first bunkering was carried out at lay bay...

https://safety4sea.com/containerships-performs-first-sts-lng-bunkering-in-port-of-rotterdam/

Greek ro-pax plugs into first STS facility in East Mediterranean

Ro-pax ‘Fior Di Levante’ has plugged into the first shore power facility in the eastern Mediterranean at Killini port in an inauguration ceremony on December 20, 2018.

Namely, Greece’s Port of Killini, at the west side of the country towards the Ionian Sea, experiences the first shore-to-ship (STS) electrical supply connection in Eastern Mediterranean.

The cold ironing facility was developed within a European co-funded programme to allow the port of Killini in Greece to limit air pollution, while...

https://safety4sea.com/greek-ro-pax-plugs-into-first-sts-facility-in-eastern-med/

Greek port to inaugurate first shore power supply in East Mediterranean

Greece’s Port of Killini, at the west side of the country towards the Ionian Sea, is to see the first shore-to-ship (STS) electrical supply connection in Eastern Mediterranean. The Ro-pax ferry ‘Fior Di Levante’ will plug into the region’s first shore power facility , in a special inauguration ceremony on Thursday, 20th December.

Through the installation of this green pioneering cold-ironing facility, developed under the European co-funded programme elemed, the port of Killini achieves a decline...

https://safety4sea.com/greek-port-to-inaugurate-first-shore-power-supply-in-east-mediterranean/

World’s largest LNG bunkering vessel begins operations

On 11 December 2018, the world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel ‘Kairos’ has started operations in Northwest Europe. Chartered by Blue LNG, a joint venture of the Hamburg-based LNG supplier Nauticor with a 90% share and the Lithuanian energy infrastructure provider Klaipėdos Nafta (KN) with a 10% share, the ship was handed over by the owner Babcock Schulte Energy in the port of Klaipeda.

With the handover of ‘Kairos’ we are securing the supply of LNG as a marine fuel in the Baltic Sea on a...

https://safety4sea.com/worlds-largest-lng-bunkering-vessel-begins-operations/

PDVSA considers second STS operation off Venezuela

Venezuelan oil firm PDVSA is negotiating with shipping firms to establish a second ship-to-ship (STS) operation off Venezuela’s eastern coast. This aims to increase struggling crude exports.

Vessels waiting berth have remained at anchorage for periods ranging from weeks to months. In the most extreme cases, more than three months of wait time has been reported.

Prolonged storage of cargo in a ship’s holds created by these delays increases the risk of cargo damage or loss.

Namely, according to...

https://safety4sea.com/pdvsa-considers-second-sts-operation-off-venezuela/

Procedures: Step-by-step stages of a proper STS transfer

Ship to ship cargo transfer operations are seen more and more as vessels’ size grows in comparison with ports’ and terminals’ size. In order to avoid the traffic bottle neck, many terminals and ports encourage the STS operation as a solution to delays. STS transfer constitutes one of the most common, but also high-risk operations in shipping. These operations should be carefully planned and executed by familiar and trained crews following strict and detailed risk based procedures.

Read in this...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-procedures-step-by-step-stages-of-a-proper-sts-transfer/

Oil tanker detained for illegal STS transfer in Malaysian port

Malaysian authorities detained an oil tanker over suspicions of committing illegal ship-to-ship (STS) fuel transfer at the Tanjung Pelepas Port near Gelang Patah.

The ship was detained in the morning hours of 3 October while conducting the STS transfer, for failing to obtain permit for the activity from the Marine Department director, under the Section 491B (1)(k) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952.

The Malaysian-flagged ship, identified as ‘Abbas’, was transferring 120 metric tonnes of...

https://safety4sea.com/oil-tanker-detained-for-illegal-sts-transfer-in-malaysian-port/

Ship-to-ship LNG bunkering to take place in Baltic Sea

Estonian energy company, Eesti Gaas and Damen Shipyards signed a contract for the construction of the first of a series of short-sea LNG bunker vessels to operate in the Baltic Sea.

The LGC 6000 LNG class vessel, is planned to be delivered in September 2020, and aims to boost the wider adoption of LNG as an alternative fuel in the North-east Baltic Sea, by providing ship-to-ship distribution service for the first time.

The 100-metre vessel will carry 6,000m³ of LNG in two type-C tanks at -163° C....

https://safety4sea.com/ship-to-ship-lng-bunkering-to-take-place-in-baltic-sea/

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