Stellar Ship Management staff members lately visited the Kobe workplace of Bureau Veritas which is able to class the methanol bunkering ship.
Here’s one other indicator of the rising significance of methanol as a marine gasoline. Two subsidiaries of Singapore-based Global Energy Group have positioned an order with Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding Co. for a 4,000 DWT IMO Type 2 Chemical and Oil Tanker that will probably be deployed as the primary methanol bunkering ship in Singapore.
The vessel, which will probably be classed by Bureau Veritas, will be part of the fleet of Global Energy Trading Pte Ltd (GET) by the tip of 2023. GET is a Singapore MPA-licensed and UAE-licensed bunker provider and the brand new vessel would be the first Category A bunkering tanker for carriage of biofuel and methanol to function in Singapore.
Another Global Energy Group subsidiary, Stellar Ship Management Services Pte Ltd, which supplies full technical administration and crewing companies solely for the group’s fleet of 20 tankers, will supervise the development of the tanker.
“We have made an important step to support the industry’s effort on carbon emissions reduction by introducing alternative and green fuel bunkering supply chain solutions,” mentioned Loh Hong Leong, group managing director of Global Energy Group. “This new tanker could pave the way for a next generation of more versatile bunkering tankers.”
“As the industry explores alternative fuel options to support its decarbonization journey, developing the industry’s supply and bunkering capacities will be an essential step to scale up and ensure the availability of these new fuels,” mentioned David Barrow, Vice-President South Asia and Pacific, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. “We are delighted to collaborate with GET and Stellar as they develop this new vessel, which will be a key step to support the delivery of methanol to vessels calling at Singapore.”
