Seaspan Energy completes first STS LNG bunkering

The Canadian bunker supplier recently conducted its first ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering of a container ship in California’s Port of Long Beach.

PHOTO: Seaspan's LNG bunkering vessel Seaspan Garibaldi in the Port of Long Beach. Seaspan Energy

This operation marks the launch of Seaspan’s LNG bunkering service on the West Coast of North America.

The LNG bunkering vessel, Seaspan Garibaldi, delivered an unspecified amount of LNG to the container ship.It is the first of three Seaspan Energy 112m-long LNG bunkering vessel to be operational.

Another bunkering vessel, the Seaspan Lions is slated to arrive soon. These two vessels will operate in the Long Beach and Vancouver markets.

“Our first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering has been five years in the making…this represents the first ship-to-ship bunkering on the West Coast of North America,” Seaspan's senior vice president Harly Penner said.

By Manjula Nair

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