LNG

Jan 26 (LNG) - Cryo Shipping, the Norwegian company, said it had conducted an LNG bunkering operation on the shuttle tanker “Altera Wave” in Malaysian waters in the Singapore Strait. “The LNG bunkering of the Norwegian-registered 103,500 deadweight tons ship is the largest LNG-powered merchant ship to be supplied with LNG from a bunker vessel in Asia,” said Cryo Shipping.

   “The Norwegian-registered shuttle tanker is part of a series of highly innovative newbuildings developed by the forward-looking shipping company, Altera Infrastructure, and according to the company the ‘Altera Wave’ and her sisterships are the world's most environmentally friendly shuttle tankers ever built,” said Cryo Shipping. The company is the largest LNG fuel supplier in both Copenhagen-Malmö and Klaipeda in Lithuania, where it was the first to start regular LNG bunkering. 

Norway-based company Cryo Shipping said it was accelerating its development of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel by offering more varied services, including LNG on a spot basis.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration said it expected Cryo Shipping's LNG seaborne transport services in Northern Norway to have great value and awarded the company 1 million euros ($1.2M) in grants to establish a short-sea trading lane.

Cryo Shipping AS, a company based in the Norwegian port of Bergen, said it had developed a new type of small-scale LNG carrier and bunkering ship through converting offshore industry vessels.