Seaside completes SIMOPs LNG bunkering in Port of Savannah

Last month, Texas-based LNG supplier Seaside LNG bunkered a CMA CGM vessel with 4,600 cbm (1,863 mt) of LNG during cargo unloading operations in the Port of Savannah in US.

PHOTO: SIMOPs LNG bunkering of a CMA CGM vessel. CMA CGM

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.

Seaside LNG performed the ship-to-ship bunkering of the CMA CGM SYMI, an LNG-powered dual-fuel container ship owned by the French shipping company CMA CGM. The bunker operation was carried out by the LNG bunker barge Clean Canaveral.

LNG is gaining popularity as an immediate alternative to conventional marine fuels due to its improved bunkering infrastructure and operational readiness compared to zero-emission potential fuels like green methanol and green ammonia.

LNG (2.7555 mtCO2/mt of fuel) has a lower carbon factor than VLSFO (3.151) and LSMGO (3.206). However, it has higher well-to-wake emissions than conventional marine fuels, partly because of its higher upstream methane emissions from leakages during extraction, processing and transport.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) that traps 86 times more heat than carbon dioxide (CO2) over the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. This makes it significantly more damaging than CO2 in the short-term, according to the UN's Environment Programme.

By Konica Bhatt

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