LNG Bunkering at Rotterdam Sets Record
Hamburg-based LNG bunker fuel supplier Nauticor said February 22 it has extended its supply network for ships within the North Sea region by this week bunkering its first ship in the Port of Rotterdam.
It refuelled containership Wes Amelie, owned by Wessels Reederei, at the Dutch port using six truckloads, equal to 120 tons of LNG, on February 20 - during which Nauticor said it "set a new record for the speed of a bunker operation with an unloading rate of up to 40 tons of LNG per hour." The company is handling bunkering with LNG of the ship, which plies between the Dutch ports of Moerdijk and Rotterdam and various Baltic ports.
Nauticor, part of German industrial gases giant Linde, said that another milestone for its LNG bunker infrastructure rollout in northern Europe will be its new 7,500 m3 LNG bunker vessel, which it will put into operation before end-2018.
The Hamburg firm competes with firms like Skangas, Shell and Engie in bunkering ships in northern Europe.