Titan bunkers Carnival’s cruise liner with LNG

Dutch fuel supplier Titan has successfully bunkered Carnival Corporation’s cruise vessel, the AIDANova, with LNG in the German port of Kiel.

PHOTO: LNG bunker barge Optimus delivering fuel to the AIDAnova in Kiel. Titan

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he 6000-cbm capacity LNG bunker barge, Optimus, which is owned by Estonian gas firm Elenger and chartered by Titan, was used to deliver the stem.

The operation marked “the first LNG bunker delivery ever performed in the Port of Kiel,” according to Titan.

Bunkering was supported by tanker operator TB Marine Shipmanagement (Riga).

“This was the first LNG delivery of a series of bunkers” that the company will provide to the AIDANova, Titan added.

By Tuhin Roy

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