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Axpo commissions small-scale LNG vessel
Axpo has signed a ten-year deal to charter an LNG bunkering vessel, the company announced on Aug 09. The ship is expected to begin operations in 2025 and will make an important contribution to the maritime industry’s green energy transition. The …
Aug 15, 2023 / Curious
China Classification Society (CCS) Completed the First Approval In Principe (AIP) of Methanol Bunkering Ships in China
At the beginning of July, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) passed the 2023 Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships, which raised the industry’s attention to marine alternative fuels, typified by methanol. With the rapid …
Aug 2, 2023 / Curious
Himalaya Shipping Ltd. (HSHP) – Commencement of LNG bunkering
Himalaya Shipping has announced that two of its ships, Mount Norefjell and Mount Matterhorn, have bunkered with LNG in Singapore over the last days. A Newcastlemax running on LNG reduces its CO2 emissions by 43% compared to a standard Capesize …
Aug 2, 2023 / Curious
Successful First Methanol Bunkering Operation in the Port of Singapore
Maersk and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd have successfully conducted the world’s first ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation of a Maersk’s container vessel on 27 Jul 2023 at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore, with the support of the …
Jul 28, 2023 / Curious
NYK’s tug conducts final LNG bunkering before conversion to ammonia propulsion
To be converted to ammonia-fueled tugboat On July 25, the LNG-fueled tugboat Sakigake, operated in Tokyo Bay by the NYK Group’s Shin-Nippon Kaiyosha, conducted its last bunkering at Yokohama Shinko pier as a vessel fueled by liquefied natural gas …
Jul 26, 2023 / Curious
Odfjell Terminals Korea supplies green methanol bunkering to world’s first methanol engine container vessel
Odfjell Terminal Korea (OTK), Maersk, and OCI Global wrote history on July 16 when 1,000 metric tonnes of green methanol were successfully supplied from the terminal to Maersk's newbuilt and first-of-its-kind container vessel. The methanol dual-fuel …
Jul 18, 2023 / Curious
Pan Ocean, Shell name large LNG bunkering newbuild
Pan Ocean and Shell have named a new LNG bunkering vessel with a capacity of 18,000 cbm which Shell will deploy in the Americas. According to a social media post by Shell’s head of downstream LNG, Tahir Faruqui, the company’s newest chartered LNG …
Jul 17, 2023 / Vessels
LNG-fueled Tugboat Ishin Marks 100th LNG Bunkering
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) on Wednesday (Jul12) announced that the LNG-fueled tugboat Ishin, owned by MOL and operated by its group company Nihon Tug-Boat Co., Ltd., has marked its 100th LNG bunkering at the Port of Sakai-Semboku, Osaka, …
Jul 13, 2023 / Curious
Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Launch Ceremony in Shimonoseki for LNG Bunkering Vessel KEYS Azalea
Construction of LNG bunkering vessel, the first to operate in western Japan, to promote the use of LNG fuel in ships and reduce GHG emissions. Handover scheduled for March 2024, following outfitting work and sea trials. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding …
Jul 12, 2023 / Vessels
Osaka Gas to launch Ship-to-Ship LNG bunkering business in Osaka Bay and Seto Inland Sea
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) has announced the launch of a Ship-to-Ship LNG bunkering business, which is a first for the company, in the Osaka Bay and the Seto Inland Sea, planning to start the operation of an LNG bunkering vessel with a 1,500-ton …
Jul 3, 2023 / Curious