Molgas conducts first STS bunkering in Drammen

Spain-based LNG company Molgas recently bunkered a vehicle carrier with fossil LNG in the port of Drammen, Norway.

PHOTO: UECC-owned vehicle carrier receives LNG stem from bunker barge Pioneer Knutsen. UECC

Norwegian roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) shipping line UECC’s vehicle carrier, Auto Achieve, was bunkered with an undisclosed amount of fossil LNG in Drammen. The stem was delivered via bunker barge Pioneer Knutsen.

The operation marked Molgas’ first ship-to-ship bunkering operation in Drammen and also the first “home” supply of LNG by barge for UECC.

Molgas has been actively scaling its LNG operations across Europe. In April, it bunkered a ro-ro vessel with fossil LNG in the port of Trapani, Italy. In February, it carried out LNG bunkering operations in the Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp. In the same month, it conducted its inaugural LNG bunkering operation in the French port of Honfleur.

By Tuhin Roy

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