BHP Group is negotiating with three companies to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) as bunker fuel for five of the company’s vessels that it intends to transport iron ore between western Australia and China, reported Reuters.
Eight to ten firms participated in the tender to supply LNG to BHP from 2022 to 2027, and a firm contract is forecasted to be awarded next month.
This comes following Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) being awarded a contract to manage the world’s first LNG Dual Fuel Newcastlemax bulk carrier owned by BHP.
The vessels will be able to carry about 10 million tonnes per year (tpy) of iron ore and are scheduled to be delivered throughout 2022.
Related: Eastern Pacific Shipping inks deal with BHP for world’s first LNG dual fuel dry bulk vessels
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Published: 20 September, 2020
Small-scale tanker loaded 2,000 mt of LNG at modified Secondary Jetty for delivery to heavy-lift commercial vessel.
Vessel can also function as an LNG carrier and floating power unit in addition to bunkering duties.
The 1,380 TEU Containerships Arctic will receive 200 mt of LNG via ship-to-ship bunkering at Rotterdam.
The first of two vessels, with an option of two more, will be equipped with two Type C LNG bunker fuel tanks and are designed to meet Finnish-Swedish ice class 1A Super standards.
The event for 10 delegates was sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
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Between November 2016 and October 2017, Mr Tan falsified at least 20 invoices and submitted these invoices to UOB and OCBC, according to court documents obtained by bunkering publication Manifold Times.
‘CSM Taurus arrived in Singapore during mid-September and is currently undergoing final preparations before starting commercial operations,’ General Manager of CSM tells Manifold Times.
Criminal syndicate’s tampering with MFMs on bunker tankers Southernpec 6 and Southernpec 7 conceptualised by three masterminds and carried out by cargo officers on board, according to joint statement.
Seeks information connected to SGS COQs of Gas Oil and Marine Diesel Oil cargoes loaded on board Vinalines Glory from the Vopak Banyan Terminal in Singapore between January and February 2013.
Additional topics of bunker contamination and OCM services discussed at VPS’ Fuel Management Challenges – The Year of 2021 & Beyond webinar on 23 September; Manifold Times summarises the session.
‘The JMs have failed to discharge their duties by blindly helping the Banks mount a false case against the Defendant,’ wrote defence lawyers representing former IPP Director Dr Goh Jian Hian in court statement.
