European-built LNG bunker vessel completes maiden voyage
Coralius’ first ship-to-ship bunkering of the 144m-long oil and chemical tanker Fure West in the North Sea
The vessel shipped LNG from the Skangas production facility in Risavika, Stavanger, to the company’s terminal in Øra, Fredrikstad where the energy firm has a number of industrial customers.
Whilst on its way from the Netherlands, the Coralius called in at the Donsø Shipping Meet in Sweden where more than 1,000 visitors looked over the new ship. They saw some of the latest in LNG bunkering technology on board the vessel, which is owned by a joint venture between Anthony Veder and Sirius Shipping.
Skangas CEO, Kimmo Rahkamo, said: “We are very content with further developing the marine LNG availability in northern Europe by our new ship Coralius. We look forward to serving our existing and new customers wherever they need LNG by ship-to-ship. Today the technology and ship engines are sound for gas and we are more than ready to supply it by our supply chain.”
