LNG

French energy major Total said it signed a pioneering agreement to charter its first two Very Large Crude Carrier-type oil tankers equipped with liquefied natural gas propulsion.

MISC Group, the Malaysian company with more than 30 liquefied natural gas carriers in its fleet and with engineering and offshore divisions, is hoping to build on the momentum for growth in the shipping sector after sensing increased demand and securing two LNG carrier charters from ExxonMobil.

Oct 11 (LNGJ) - AET, one of the leading petroleum and chemical tanker owners and operators, has named its first LNG dual-fuelled Aframax vessels “Eagle Brasilia” and “Eagle Bintulu” in a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. “Both vessels have been taken on long-term charter by Shell International Trading and Shipping Co, primarily for operations in the Atlantic Basin,” said AET, a subsidiary of the Malaysian shipping line MISC Berhad. “The vessels are equipped with conventional single-screw propulsion with a two-stroke main engine, three auxiliary engines and two auxiliary boilers, all equipped for LNG dual-fuel capability,” added AET. The LNG fuel is supplied through two type-C tanks of 850 cubic metres each arranged on the main deck aft port and starboard. The vessels are designed to receive fuel from LNG bunkering vessels via ship-to-ship transfer.

AET Inc., the petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian International Shipping Corp. with an operational fleet of 94 vessels, has signed a charter deal with Shell International Trading and Shipping Co. for the long-term charter of AET's two newbuild LNG dual-fuelled Aframax tankers.

AET Tankers, a subsidiary of Malaysia International Shipping Corp., said it had chosen liquefied natural gas as the dual-fuel propulsion option for up to four of its new Aframax tankers currently under construction with Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.