Elengy begins LNG loadings at France’s Fos Cavaou terminal with eye on Med bunkering

French energy company Elengy will provide 50 annual loading slots at the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal for LNG bunker vessels with a capacity of up to 40,000 cbm.

PHOTO: ToalEnergies' LNG bunkering vessel, the Gas Vitality, kickstarted the small-scale loading facility at the Fos Cavaou terminal. Elengy

Elengy has set out to develop Marseille-Fos into a Mediterranean LNG bunker hub, saying the port's location makes it possible for LNG bunker vessels to load up on LNG from Fos to supply in the West Mediterranean region.

The LNG bunkering vessel Gas Vitality kickstarted the small-scale bunker loadings at Elengy's Fos Cavaou terminal last week.

The Gas Vitality is owned by French energy company TotalEnergies, which also recently partnered with container shipping company CMA CGM to explore the feasibility of bioLNG bunker supply from Marseille-Fos port.