Titan conducts first STS bunkering in Cuxhaven

Dutch LNG supplier Titan bunkered a dredger vessel with an undisclosed amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the German port of Cuxhaven.

PHOTO: Titan's LNG bunkering vessel, Optimus. Titan

Ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering of Vox Ariane, a hopper dredger vessel operated by Dutch offshore construction company Van Oord, was carried out by Titan’s LNG bunker vessel, Optimus.

A dredger vessel is equipped with specialized machinery for removing sediment and debris from rivers, harbours and sea-beds. Hopper dredger is a specific type of dredger vessel with large onboard hoppers, or storage spaces, which are used to collect and transport dredged material.

Titan has chartered the vessel Optimus, which has a capacity of 6,000 cbm, for LNG bunkering operations in western Europe and the Mediterranean region.

The company announced that this operation marked the first ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering conducted in Cuxhaven, as the port had previously only allowed LNG deliveries via trucks. The port currently permits LNG bunkering at only one berth, Titan added.

By Konica Bhatt

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