Muar LNG to develop LNG bunkering hub at Malaysia’s Maharani Freeport

Singapore’s Muar LNG has announced that it is developing an integrated LNG storage and reloading facility within Malaysia’s Maharani Freeport Industrial Park.

IMAGE: An aerial view of Muar LNG’s LNG bunkering project in Maharani Freeport. Muar LNG

The terminal will support LNG bunkering and transhipment activities and will include full Boil-Off Gas (BOG) management and shore power, the company said.

The project will address “a critical infrastructure gap in the fast-growing LNG bunkering industry in the Strait of Malacca,” it added.

Maharani Freeport, developed by Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG), is a deepwater freeport within the Muar Port limits along the Strait of Malacca. It was recently launched by the King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim.

However, “It is already doing business, conducting oil trading, storage, transhipment, blending and mixing, and facilitating other services such as bunkering, marine, deep seaport, floating storage unit, ship-to-ship transfer for our customers and partners,” MEG executive chairman Dato' Daing A. Malek Bin Daing A. Rahaman said. 

Future plans for the site include petrochemical complexes, renewable energy production, STS operations, floating storage units, and shipbuilding and repair yards, MEG added.

By Tuhin Roy

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