Singapore LNG bunkering volumes up in November

to scale up use of LNG as a marine fuel in the Port of Singapore.

It recently launched an expression of interest (EOI) to invite interested parties to submit a proposal(s) that would allow MPA to better understand the potential for scaling up of sea-based reloading of LNG for use as a marine fuel.

Singapore currently hosts three LNG bunkering vessels which provide ship-to-ship fueling operations.

The 7,500-cbm FueLNG Bellina, owned by a joint venture consisting of Shell and Seatrium, is Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel. It started operations in 2021.

Besides this vessel, the 18,000-cbm FueLNG Venosa completed its first LNG bunkering operation last year.

This is FueLNG’s second bunkering vessel and the JV charters it from Korea Line LNG, a unit of SM Group’s Korea Line.

In addition to these two vessels, Singapore’s Pavilion Energy, which will become a part of Shell, completed the first bunkering operation with MOL’s LNG bunkering vessel, Brassavola, in February this year.

The 12,000-cbm vessel is on charter to Pavilion LNG Bunker I, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pavilion.

Since receiving a license from MPA in 2016, both FueLNG and Pavilion have completed hundreds of truck-to-ship LNG bunkering operations in Singapore.

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, a unit of France’s TotalEnergies, is also among three licensed suppliers of LNG bunkering fuels in the port. Under a long-term agreement with Pavilion, Brassavola will supply its customers.