Japan hosts its first STS LNG bunkering for cruise ship

Japanese bunker supplier Keys Bunkering West Japan (KEYS) has bunkered a cruise ship with an unspecified amount of LNG at Japan’s Hakata port.

IMAGE: Cruise ship Asuka III and bunker barge Keys Azalea in Hakata port. NYK

LNG was transferred from bunker barge Keys Azalea to ASUKA III, a dual-fuel cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) in a ship-to-ship (STS) operation.

This is the first time the KEYS Azalea has bunkered a cruise ship. Previously, the barge had supplied LNG to car carriers, iron ore and coal bulk carriers, according to NYK.

It also marks the first STS LNG bunkering operation involving a cruise ship in Japan, NYK added.

By Konica Bhatt

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