LNG

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), a leading Japanese shipping company and FueLNG, a Singaporean joint venture, have completed the first bunkering in Singapore of an LNG-fuelled Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) as the Asian city state increases its LNG bunkering market presence.

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.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, said the first liquefied natural gas-powered Newcastlemax bulk carrier in an order of 13 ABS-classed vessels for Eastern Pacific Shipping has been fuelled with LNG in a bunkering operation at Singapore, and was now heading for Australia to load iron ore for Asia.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a third LNG bunkering supplier licence to French energy major Total to operate in the Asian city-state supplying ship-to-ship fuel.

Feb 24 (LNGJ) - Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line), the Japanese shipping company, said it was pleased to be the operator of the first Singapore-owned LNG bunkering vessel, the 7,500 cubic metres capacity “FueLNG Bellina”, as it entered service in the Asian port city. The vessel is owned by the FueLNG joint venture comprising Keppel Offshore and Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum. “We are proud to get involved in this meaningful event through our technical expertise on ship management of liquefied gas carriers,” explained K- Line.

   “Singapore is one of the busiest bunkering locations on the globe. The vessel’s debut is part of the maritime industry’s efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse-gas,” added K-Line. “LNG enables vessels to emit less GHG when used as marine fuel compared to conventional heavy fuel oils, and having the ‘FueLNG Bellina’ provide LNG bunkering on a ship-to-ship basis in Singapore offers more opportunities to various ship operators to choose a greener marine fuel,” stated K-Line.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US maritime classification society, and Singapore-based Keppel Offshore and Marine said they were currently completing key features of the world’s first smart LNG bunkering vessel.

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.