Molgas forays into Italian LNG bunker market

Spain-based LNG company Molgas recently bunkered a roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel with fossil LNG in the port of Trapani, Italy.

PHOTO: Molgas' truck delivering LNG to a ro-ro vessel in the port of Trapani, Italy. Molgas

Italy-based private shipping company Caronte & Tourist’s ro-ro vessel, Nerea, was bunkered with an undisclosed amount of fossil LNG at the Sicilian port. The stem was delivered via trucks. The inaugural operation marked Molgas’ expansion into the Italian LNG bunkering market.

Molgas has been actively scaling its LNG operations across Europe. In February, it carried out LNG bunkering operations at the Belgian ports of Zeebrugge and Antwerp on the same day, making its entry into the Belgian LNG bunker market. In the same month, it conducted its inaugural LNG bunkering operation in the French port of Honfleur.

It “is committed to providing the best service aimed at promoting a transition to cleaner marine fuels,” Molgas says.

LNG can curb carbon dioxide emissions by about a quarter compared to conventional bunker fuels. But its methane emissions can be 36 times more potent as a greenhouse gas (GHG) compared to carbon dioxide over a century, according to a World Bank study.

By Tuhin Roy

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