Nimofast Brasil and Kanfer Shipping to launch LNG bunkering in Brazil

Brazilian trading company Nimofast Brasil has partnered with Norwegian shipping company Kanfer Shipping to sell and deliver LNG stems along the Brazilian coastline from 2025.

PHOTO: Kanfer Shipping’s LNG carrier vessel. Kanfer Shipping

The agreement will allow Nimofast Brasil to offer any volume of LNG to customers through small- and medium-scale LNG delivery vessels along the coastline of Brazil.

The vessels will be loaded with LNG at the permanently based floating storage unit (FSU) at the Nimofast LNG import and distribution terminal in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

Kanfer Shipping’s chief executive Stig Hagen said that they intend “to improve both the availability and accessibility of LNG for the customers in Brazil.”

Meanwhile, Nimofast Brasil president Ramon Reis views “LNG bunkering as a growth market".

Classification society DNV’s data shows that the number of LNG-powered vessels in operation or on order has gone up by 143 since last year, to 389 this year.

This number is projected to more than double in the next few years. A total of 855 LNG-powered vessels are on order for deliveries towards 2028.

By Tuhin Roy

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