Titan delivers mass-balanced bio-LNG stem to MOL vessel

LNG bunker supplier Titan supplied 500 mt of bio-LNG to a car carrier operated by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) using the mass balancing concept at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.

PHOTO: MOL’s vessel Celeste Ace receiving LNG stem from Titan’s LNG bunkering vessel, Alice Cosulich. Titan

Titan’s LNG bunkering vessel, Alice Cosulich, delivered bio-LNG to the car carrier, Celeste Ace, marking Titan’s first bio-LNG supply to an MOL vessel under a new multi-delivery contract.

As part of a simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) at the Port of Zeebrugge’s International Car Operators (ICO) terminal, the bunkering vessel also supplied 400 mt of conventional LNG.

Mass balancing is a tracking method that ensures the accurate accounting of sustainable feedstocks in the supply chain. It allows renewable and non-renewable materials to be blended while maintaining an exact record of the sustainable portion. By quantifying the amount of sustainable feedstock used during production, distribution, blending and bunkering, it ensures the claimed sustainability matches the actual input.

The bio-LNG was produced from waste and residue. LNG, bio-LNG and e-methane derived from renewable hydrogen can be blended in any ratio and integrated into existing LNG bunkering infrastructure with little to no modifications, Titan said.

By Tuhin Roy

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