Russia will see its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel built by the end of 2019, says the vessel’s ship designer Krylov State Research Centre (KSRC) as reported by local media IAA PortNews.
The newbuilding is being built at the Onega Shipyard under a project by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and will be equipped with LNG storage tanks with capacity of 160 cubic meters each, said Anton Lutskevich.
In addition to perform LNG bunkering operations, the vessel can also function as an LNG carrier and floating power unit, he adds while giving a presentation at the 11th All-Russian Forum Current State and Prospects of the Russian Ship Bunkering Market in St. Petersburg.
Published: 26 June, 2018
Since May 2019, the port has seen two ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations by Shell and plans to offer clients its own LNG bunkering vessel by 2021.
Small-scale tanker loaded 2,000 mt of LNG at modified Secondary Jetty for delivery to heavy-lift commercial vessel.
‘We are already in advanced discussions with shipyards, governments, maritime authorities, suppliers and customers […] with positive responses so far,’ said CEO.
In total, 4.25 million metric tonnes (mt) (exact 4,254,700 mt) of various marine fuels were sold at the world’s largest bunkering port in October.
Desgagnes had to develop a LNG bunkering network from scratch before launch of the M/T Mia Desgagnes.
The ship-to-ship operation was carried out at the port of La Spezia with the bunkering vessel Coral Methane under the supervision of the Italian Coast Guard.
Firm hopes to leverage partnership in Greece as a springboard to expand into neighbouring and overseas markets including Europe and China, says Robin Van Elderen, Regional Head Bunkers, Europe, Sing Fuels.
Singapore can help less developed countries in SouthEast Asia through ‘piloting and scaling fuels and technology as well as a leading hub for green finance’, said DNV Group President and CEO Remi Eriksen.
Octamar™ Ultra HF, Octamar™ Complete, and Octamar™ F35C were found to have improved the fuel economy while reducing exhaust gas and other emissions of marine engines in a series of trials, states report.
Disposal of evidence has resulted in Singapore not being able to provide full details to the United Nationals Panel of Experts which sought information regarding the case, says Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
‘We are proud to be amongst the first to show the successful steps taken by Singapore’s bunkering ecosystem to remain forward thinking and relevant,’ Choong Sheen Mao, Director of EMF, tells Manifold Times.
‘With the launch of a common data infrastructure, Kenoil aims to continue achieving an end to end visibility and transparency on the bunker data supply chain,’ states Kenoil Managing Director.
