China: Converted LNG bunkering vessel “Hai Yang Shi You 301” completes 10 refuelling ops

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on Monday (29 February) said China’s first self-developed and world’s largest LNG bunkering vessel Hai Yang Shi You 301, which it owns, has completed 10 refuelling operations to date. 

In November 2022, the ship completed its transformation to a bunkering vessel from a LNG carrier ship after 105 days and was classified as such and was ready to refuel vessels in January 2023.

It was the first LNG carrier vessel independently designed, built, managed and operating in China and was built by Jiangnan Shipyard before it was in operation in 2015.

The total refuelling volume of Hai Yang Shi You 301 has exceeded 50,000 cubic metres (m3) of LNG as of January 2024.

In January 2023, the ship successfully refuelled dual-fuel containership CMA CGM Concorde via a ship-to-ship transfer with 6,000 m3 of bonded LNG bunker fuel at Yantian Port in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The occasion marks the completion of the first bonded LNG bunkering operation in the southern Chinese region. 

In June 2023, Hai Yang Shi You 301 then refuelled CMA CGM UNITY with 9,400 m3 of LNG, marking the completion of the first ship-to-ship bunkering operation in Zhejiang Province. 

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Photo credit: China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Published: 8 February, 2024