FueLNG, an authorized LNG supplier based in Singapore, held a virtual rite to call Singapore’s first LNG fueling vessel, or LBV, paving the way for further progression of LNG as marine fuel at the world’s largest fueling port, industry resources said.
Scheduled to be operational until the end of 2020, the shipment, FueLNG Bellina, will allow FueLNG to be the first to supply LNG testing facilities from shipment to shipment at the port of Singapore, FueLNG said on October 1.
Designed and built through Keppel O&M, the vessel will arrive in Singapore later this year from the Keppel Nantong shipyard in China, said FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel Offshore & Marine and Shell Eastern Petroleum.
When operational, the ship’s first contracts will be the supply of ship-to-ship LNG to Shell-chartered tankers and one of Hapag Lloyd’s container carriers, he said.
FueLNG will also supply LNG fueling from Singapore’s first LNG fueling facility to be built through Keppel O
Boosting LNG defamation in Singapore
Major fueling ports like Singapore are adopting LNG as marine fuel, an industry said on October 2.
Singapore actively encourages ships making a stopover at its port to use cleaner fuels such as LNG, providing port duties concessions and co-financing LNG-powered tankers.
This comes at a time when stricter environmental regulations are looming in foreign shipping.
LNG as a marine fuel not only combats sulphur emissions, but also emits 90% less nitrogen oxide and, thanks to the most productive practices and appropriate technologies, minimizes methane leakage and realistically reduces greenhouse fuel emissions through 10% -20% with a perspective of up to 25% Array according to industry sources.
“This opportunity marks a vital milestone in Singapore’s adventure to achieve the IMO’s greenhouse fuel emission target by 2030. This is our next step towards normal LNG vessel testing activities in Singapore,” said Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State, Department of Transportation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in it on 1 October.
“As we move towards a low-carbon future, we will accentuate our efforts to make the Port of Singapore a global LNG hub,” he added.
A recent webinar organized through DNV GL noted that while ammonia and methanol are promising fuels for the future, the installation of a dual-fuel LNG engine, for example, in a new Panamax bulkboat remains the ultimate physically powerful option.