Kanfer Shipping partners Suardiaz Group, SSY for small-scale LNG bunker charters in Spain, Portugal

Kanfer Shipping has signed an agreement with logistics company Suardiaz Group and shipping consultancy Simpson Spence Young (SSY) with an eye on the developing small-scale LNG bunker operations in Spain and Portugal.

PHOTO: Norwegian LNG bunkering vessel maker Kanfer Shipping is seeking charters for small-scale LNG bunkering vessels in Spain and Portugal. Kanfer Shipping

SSY and Suardiaz Group are “following the small-scale LNG market closely”, Kanfer Shipping says in a LinkedIn post.

The Norwegian LNG bunkering vessel maker says it has signed non-exclusive agreements with the companies to explore “opportunities in these markets in order to find charters for small scale LNG bunkering and distribution ships.”

In June last year, Kanfer Shipping had agreed to work with Australian company Oceania Marine Energy to bring an ammonia-ready LNG bunkering vessel to Australia.

Soaring gas prices last fall delayed some of Kanfer's LNG bunkering projects as it became difficult to find charterers for vessels it had under construction in that pricing environment.

Kanfer had commissioned two 6,000 cbm LNG bunkering vessels to be built at China's Taizhou Shipyard, with an option for another two vessels.