First VLCC LNG ship-to-ship bunkering completed in Hong Kong

Hong Kong-based energy company CLPe and CNOOC (Shenzhen) International Marine Clean Energy have completed Hong Kong’s first LNG ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering operation for a very large crude carrier (VLCC).

IMAGE: The bunker vessel Haiyang Shiyou 301 supplying LNG to the Maran Dione. CLPe

The VLCC, Maran Dione, received 4,700 cbm (about 2,101 mt) of LNG at the South Cheung Chau Anchorage in Hong Kong. The operation was carried out by CNOOC’s LNG bunkering barge Haiyang Shiyou 301, which has a capacity of 30,000 cbm.

CNOOC (Shenzhen) International Marine Clean Energy is a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

The companies did not disclose the vessel’s owner.

In June last year, CLPe partnered with CNOOC to deliver a record 10,000 cbm (4,470 mt) of LNG to German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd’s container vessel Hanoi Express at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals.

By Tuhin Roy

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