LNG

July 1 (LNGJ) - FueLNG, the LNG bunkering company in Singapore, has completed its 200th ship-to-ship operation in the port of the Asian city state. The re-fuelling was conducted by ‘FueLNG Venosa’, which delivered 9,000 cubic metres of LNG fuel to the containership “CMA CGM Bahia” at the Raffles Reserve Anchorage in Singapore.

   “This vessel is part of a new generation of six CMA CGM containerships with an enhanced aerodynamic design,” said the company, which is a joint venture between Seatrium Offshore and Marine and Shell Singapore. “With continued support from its industry partners, customers, and regulatory authorities, FueLNG aims to lead the way in providing cleaner energy solutions for the maritime sector,” it added.

FueLNG, a joint venture between Seatrium Offshore & Marine and Shell in Singapore, has completed its 100th ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation as demand from LNG-powered vessels increases along with the expanding global fleet.

Pavilion Energy, the Singapore natural gas and LNG company, has named Alan Heng as Group Chief Executive effective from April 2022 as the company continues to support Asian expansion in trading and bunkering activities.

Global commodities firm Trafigura and French liquefied natural gas storage technology company Gaztranzport and Technigaz (GTT) have joined forces with Japanese shipping lines to help take the bunkering business into the modern era in the Port of Singapore, the growing Asian LNG hub.

Anglo-Australian global commodities company BHP has awarded its first LNG supply agreement for five LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, which will transport iron ore between Western Australia and China from 2022.

The first Singapore LNG bunkering vessel owned by Shell Eastern Petroleum and Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd has been launched at the Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China.

Nov 28 (LNGJ) - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, the Japanese shipping company known as K-Line, said it signed a ship management agreement for the newbuild LNG bunkering vessel owned by FueLNG and set to operate in the Port of Singapore. FueLNG is a bunkering joint venture between Singapore’s Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd and Shell Eastern Petroleum.

   “We signed a ship management contract for the 7,500 cubic metres capacity LNG fuel supply ship owned by FueLNG,” said K-Line. “After the ship is delivered to FueLNG in the second half of 2020, it is scheduled to begin service as the first LNG fuel supply ship in Singapore, the world's largest fuel supply base,” added K-Line, whose own fleet contains LNG carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers and container vessels.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, was selected by FueLNG of Singapore to class the Asian city-state’s first LNG bunkering barge, scheduled to enter the construction phase in January 2019.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) awarded grants to support the construction of two liquefied natural gas bunkering vessels as the city state aimed for LNG fuel leadership in Asia.