The General Manager of The Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel believes 2018 to be the “tipping year” for the adoption of natural gas as a bunker fuel.
“I have been asked many times recently; ‘when will be the tipping point for gas-fuelled shipping?’ and I believe that in the future when we look back there won’t have been any specific moment we can point to,” said Mark Bell in a note to members.
“What I do think there will have been is an entire year – and that “tipping year” is surely going to be 2018.
“We have witnessed such significant increase in the number of projects and infrastructure recently and this is undoubtedly something we can all further look forward to as the greater maritime industry begins to embrace our message and realise the tremendous benefits of gas-fuelled shipping.”
The above is not the only positive note on LNG bunkering.
Amsterdam-based Titan LNG recently noted of LNG bunker adoption “significantly” accelerating in 2017, due to approximately 11% of all new building contracts in the year catering for LNG-powered vessels.
In late December, Marubeni Corporation and Public Company Limited entered into a joint feasibility study for a LNG bunkering project at Laem Chabang port in Thailand.
The same month also saw Chinese shipowner Changjiang (Yangtze) National Shipping Group upgrading a freighter, code named 8303, to use LNG as a bunker fuel.
Published: 2 January, 2018
Two LNG bunkering vessels, one for DEPA and one for NAVIGAS, will operate at Piraeus and Limassol port.
The design project for the LNG bunker tanker was co-developed with the government backed Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering, it said.
Shipyard will start to construct the first of six Ro-Ro vessels, capable of carrying 7,000 vehicles, ordered by Singapore-based shipping firm Eastern Pacific Shipping.
World’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel was officially christened last Friday at the Hamburg Cruise Center.
LNG is a cleaner energy alternative to petroleum products and enables shipowners to comply with increasingly stringent standards for pollutant emissions, says Énergir.
‘MFMs will continue to have a place within the bunkering sector even when the shipping industry continues to adopt new types of marine fuels, such as LNG, biofuel, methanol, ammonia and hydrogen,’ states spokesman.
Transferred shares of 40 subsidiaries to BVI firm after tribunal awarded claims in favour of Trinity Seatrading; YSPL has also filed a civil complaint against DNV and Liberian ship registry at Nanjing Maritime Court.
ADNOC L&S, Gulf Energy Maritime, Cockett Marine Oil, Mideast/Bahri Ship Management and VPS experts present their views on biofuel bunker hurdles at the VPS Biofuels Seminar in Dubai on 16 March.
‘Bunker barges operate in very local areas so these vessels call at port very often which means it will be a good fit for women with families,’ states Elpi Petraki, President of WISTA International.
“Our Singapore branch is under preparation and is expected to start business at the republic before June 2023,” Managing Director Darcy Wong tells bunkering publication Manifold Times in an interview.
Development to supply B35 biodiesel blend officially takes effect on 1 February; local bunker suppliers will be able to deliver updated spec within March onwards, once current stocks of B30 avails run out.
VPS, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Wilhelmsen Ship Management, and INTERTANKO executives offered a multitude of perspectives to 73 attendees during the VPS Biofuels Seminar, reports Manifold Times.
