FlexFueler001 performs its first official bunkering operation on 14 June on a vessel owned by Norlines.
This year will see the first LNG-fuelled cruise ships come into service, and there are many more on order.
Exponential growth in installed LNG tank capacity points to potential boom in LNG for future larger vessels.
Activities correspond with state programme for expanding use of LNG fuel within the transportation sector.
‘Being the first vessel of its kind built and owned by Chinese companies, makes this an important and exciting project.’
The X40DF, X82D and X82DF engines ensures ship owners have the right options to feel confident in their investment.
The ice class 1A environmental friendly tanker is equipped with batteries and dual fuel engines for LNG operation.
The LNG bunkering inland waterway tank barge receives its class approval from Bureau Veritas, it says.
The new climate-smart ship will begin operating along the Turku-Aland-Stockholm route under the year 2021.
Organises bunkering operations at the Ust-Luga-Baltiysk ferry route with LNG-fuelled ferries and LNG bunker tanker.
