Petronas ramps up LNG supply with new bunker vessel

Fratelli Cosulich has chartered an LNG bunker vessel to Petronas for a period of two years.

PHOTO: Fratelli Cosulich's LNG bunker Paolina Cosulich. Fratelli Cosulich

The LNG bunker barge, Paolina Cosulich, has been chartered to Petco Trading Labuan Company Ltd (PTLCL), a subsidiary of Malaysian state-owned Petronas.

The Paolina Cosulich, can carry 8,200 cbm (3,665 mt) of LNG and 500 mt of MGO. It is expected to be deployed in the Strait of Malacca.

PTLC recently secured a time-charter extension for another LNG bunker vessel, Avenir Advantage, from British LNG supplier Avenir LNG. The vessel will supply LNG to vessels in Malaysia and Singapore in Southeast Asia.  

By Nithin Chandran

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