Marseille-Fos port scales LNG bunkering and plans green hydrogen units

France’s Marseille-Fos has recorded its first LNG bunkering of a container ship, and the port also plans to build six hydrogen production units.

PHOTO: Gas Vitality supplying LNG to the CMA CGM Bali. La Provence

TotalEnergies’ second chartered LNG bunker barge, Gas Vitality, delivered 6,000 cbm of LNG to CMA CGM's 15,000 TEU container ship CMA CGM Bali in Marseille-Fos.

The LNG was transferred from the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal by the barge.

TotalEnergies took the delivery of the Gas Vitality barge in December and intends to operate in the Marseille basin.

Separately, Marseille-Fos has announced it will invest €750 million ($850 million) in a green hydrogen production plant. Six hydrogen units will be built between 2026 and 2031 and generate a combined 600 MW.