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).
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.