The use of bio-LNG as a marine fuel is deemed to be a “prime pathway to carbon neutrality” for shipping, according to multi-sector industry coalition SEA-LNG.

Shell has secured a LNG bunkering licence from the Gibraltar government, allowing the oil major to develop a range of LNG bunkering services in Gibraltar port.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has delivered Singapore’s first LNG bunker tanker to LNG bunker supplier FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel O&M and Shell Eastern Petroleum.

A world’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering trial has been completed in South Korea by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and Korean Register (KR).

Oil major Shell is eyeing to double its LNG bunkering fleet by 2025 in view of an expected increase in the use of LNG as marine fuel, reports said.

Australia’s BHP has awarded its first LNG supply agreement to Shell for five LNG-fuelled newcastlemax bulkers for transporting iron ore between Western Australia and China from 2022.

Spanish utility firm Endesa is planning to invest around EUR30m ($35.6m) to develop a LNG bunkering supply chain at its port terminal in Los Barrios in the Bay of Algeciras.

CMA CGM’s flagship LNG-powered containership CMA CGM Jacques Saade started bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam on Thursday.

The Polish port of Szczecin has conducted its first LNG bunkering in a move to promote LNG as a marine fuel in the Baltic Sea.

Japan has conducted the country’s first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering for a NYK pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) by LNG bunker vessel Kaguya.