Singapore’s first LNG bunker tanker has become commercially operational on Tuesday and is ready to supply LNG as a marine fuel.

An ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project (JDP) based in Singapore has welcomed two new partners – the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Yara International.

Singapore’s Pavilion Energy and Chevron have signed a six-year LNG sale and purchase agreement for the supply of 500,000 tonnes of LNG a year to Singapore from 2023.

Singapore has crossed the 100,000 mark for crew change carried out at the port during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) announced that the company’s Southeast Asia subsidiary has won an order for 50 sets of tractors for natural gas terminals in Singapore port.

A joint study is underway in Singapore to explore the potential for ammonia to be used as a marine fuel.

Singapore has retained its position as the world’s second busiest container port and the number one bunkering port in 2020, as well as facilitated crew change for more than 80,000 seafarers, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.