PIL completes its first SIMOPS LNG bunkering in Singapore

French energy company TotalEnergies bunkered a container ship with an unspecified amount of LNG during cargo unloading operations at PSA’s Brani Terminal in Singapore.

IMAGE: SIMOPS bunkering of Kota Ocean. PIL

Simultaneous operations (SIMOPs) refer to the process where ships receive LNG bunker fuel while simultaneously unloading cargo. This bunkering method is meant to reduce the docking time for vessels in port.

TotalEnergies carried out a SIMOPS LNG bunkering operation for the Kota Ocean, an 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel container ship owned by Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL).

This was PIL’s “first simultaneous cargo and LNG bunkering operations (SIMOPS) in Singapore,” according to the company.

The Kota Ocean is PIL’s sixth LNG dual-fuel vessel, with 12 more scheduled to join the fleet over the next three years, it added.

By Tuhin Roy

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