Source: Kees Torn
World’s largest LNG bunkering vessel launches in Rotterdam
With the shipping sector starting to opt for cleaner fuels, the market for LNG as a marine fuel is growing strongly
French oil major Total has brought the world’s largest LNG bunkering vessel, the Gas Agility, into operation in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the company and the port say. The 18,600m³ vessel is chartered long term by Total from Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and will operate in northern Europe. The 135.5m long bunkering ship, which uses LNG as its own fuel, will supply the world’s first LNG-fuelled 23,000TEU container ships operated by French shipping company CMA CGM. The two French firms inked a 10-year LNG supply deal for the new generation of container ships in 2017. Total will provide 300,000t/yr of LNG to supply CMA CGM’s nine LNG-fuelled container ships, which will predominantly sail
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