Seaspan bunkers MOL-operated LNG-fueled car carrier in Vancouver

Canada’s Seaspan Energy and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have completed LNG bunkering of the MOL-operated car carrier in Vancouver.

As disclosed, Seaspan’s 7,600 cubic meter (cbm) bunker vessel, Seaspan Garibaldi, delivered LNG to the 2023-built 7,000 CEU car carrier Lake Herman moored in English Bay on a ship-to-ship basis on March 1, 2025.

With this operation, MOL became the first Japanese shipping company to conduct LNG bunkering in Western North America. At the same time, this